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Google continues the enshitification of the apps that made them such a dominant company.
I mean… We probably should have seen it coming.
They’re not a “disruptor” in an industry when they give away the product for free at a loss…they’re just anti-competitive. We got a free ride at the cost of basically destroying all competition for Google. They got to sit back and chill and now they can reap the benefits of zero competition… eg doing whatever the fuck they want since there’s no competitive alternative.
Uber did this too. Remember when you didn’t have to tip?
It won’t work. It will just lower the barrier to entry. I don’t disagree that this is their angle, it’s just… Short sighted.
I wish you were right. If I thought there was an actual shot at Google suffering consequences for bullshit like this, I’d short the stock. In reality, they’ll somehow be up. They’ll launch some stupid new thing and this will be completely forgotten. It’s bad enough that every time Maps updates, it resets my customization to avoid tolls. I live in NoVA. These tolls are absolute fucking bullshit and I ain’t paying it.
Organic Maps (available on F-Droid and the Play store) is the closest FOSS alternative to Google maps i have been able to find. Routes are not perfect (they work but could be better) and time estimations are best-guess as it is completely offline minus map downloads, but its a great alternative and also has killer hiking trail data that beats Google’s by a country mile. The offline bit also means that it works without a data connection, and for the privacy-conscious it’s a major boon.
Was unaware of Organic Maps, downloaded today. Thank you!
Like seeing a young kid take up smoking cigarettes - how depressing
spotted the new ad format during their commute
Are people really using google maps during their regular commute now?
With as often as folks have to change jobs these days, it doesn’t surprise me.
