• DireTech@sh.itjust.works
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    13 hours ago

    It already has ads. Those businesses it highlights for no reason at all when you’re scrolling around.

    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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      6 hours ago

      yeah google doing this made me stop using it as much. still need to find a permanent alternative

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        1 hour ago

        Google does it so much I’ve had trouble finding favorite places because they’d rather show an ad that overlaps it.

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        2 hours ago

        I’m still using Google for looking up places but I stopped using it for car navigation because holy shit it sucks ass. Using waze now and it’s so much better. No idea of they’re FOSS tho

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          2 hours ago

          Waze is owned by Google. They bought it in 2014 (someone please correct the year, if I’m wrong). It’s not FOSS.

          Waze was amazing. Sadly, a lot of features have been removed over the years, in an attempt to shift people from Waze to Google Maps. Waze in 2016 was better than the current version.