Re:No to Chrome
by metalchianti on Friday December 06, 2019 @10:08AM
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Interesting perspective. This could relate to other nuances on centralization of navigation services. If Google Maps is the sole provider , this means they have authority on what streets are most viable, which shops get prioritized, and even where borders get drawn.
Re:No to Chrome
by dredmorbius on Saturday December 07, 2019 @05:52AM
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Well, yes. If you succeed in achieving the goal of Organising the World's Information, then you get to organise it as you wish, and as benefits you.
Where you used to find a stand with local maps in most fueling stations, you don't.
I'm looking at AAA's Map Gallery page trying to figure out if they offer paper maps any more. What's on offer are PDFs for online viewing or printing.
I'm someone who's got several atlases, globes, and piles of paper maps, as well as highway atlases and other paper-based navigational aids. I know how to use them. I prefer them.
They're simply not availabe as they were a decade ago (and for decades before that). And may well not exist in another ten years, except through extraordinary effort.
The "it's just an option" argument works until it doesn't. At which point it's not only not helpful, but not true.