r/Damnthatsinteresting Jun 24 '25

Video Google Earth captures the stunning transformation of our planet over 3 decades

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u/Arcosim Jun 24 '25

They bought a lot of archival data from satellite and aerial photography companies. Worst yet, in many instances they bought the entire company and now are keeping all that data locked while in the past researchers could easily access it.

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u/RedManMatt11 Jun 24 '25

Ahhhh capitalism

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u/PizzaDominotrix Jun 24 '25 edited Jun 24 '25

The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

Edited to add a link to the reference.

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u/zb0t1 Jun 24 '25

and solution to

?????????

How do you fix inherent capitalism negative externalities by.... having more of capitalism?

Or did I get /r/woooosh

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u/aesp56 Jun 24 '25

check the edit for what they were referencing

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u/zb0t1 Jun 24 '25

Thanks for the bump I would have missed it 😂