It's true - they're basically monetizing it. Incompletely, to be sure, but that's better than killing the whole system.
On 29/05/2011 9:39 PM, Daniel wrote: > You didn't read my previous comment apparently. They are NOT shutting > off all translations. > They are shutting the freestanding translation page in favor of embedded > translation web > elements within pages. The "why" is the freestanding page doesn't make > them any money, > while translating web pages *which have Google ads included* gets more > readers for the ads, > thus makes money. That is entirely sensible from a business point of > view, although annoying > for people used to using their service as it has been. > > For the built-in translator in recent viewers the choices are (1) delete > the feature, (2) find a > way to use their web elements component, or someone else's service, or > (3) host translation > software on LL servers so you are not dependent on the whims of a cloud > based service > provider. > > On 5/29/2011 12:47 AM, Marc Adored wrote: >> One thing I am >> not sure about is why google is just shutting it down instead of >> making the throttling permanent... >> > _______________________________________________ > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges > -- Tateru Nino http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/ _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
