Re:We don't need Google
by wott on Friday February 03, 2017 @06:41PM
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Or you could lift your eyes from your bloody phone for a minute while you walk and see that there are signs on or above store fronts which say "grocery" or something like that...
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Try doing that when the stuff you need to find is at least 100 miles away.
One very seldom "needs to" pinpoint the location of something in a far-off city before one gets to the general area first. Which is what one used to do when traveling (i.e. at the first gas or train station in the general area, depending on the mode of travel, you get your coffee, your would get your donut/baguette/whatever... and a map of whatever fancy new city you've just arrived in).
Sure. being able to do this online, for any place in the world, within seconds is a huge convenience... but ultimately just that -- a convenience.