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Re:Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine by scarface74 on Sunday December 15, 2019 @11:01AM (#21796841)
Neither Gmail nor Maps is anything close to a “monopoly” in the US. You can get email from plenty of places and Apple has about a 40% market share in the US - with its own maps.
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Re:Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine by feanaro on Sunday December 15, 2019 @12:51PM (#21797620)
Can you use Apple maps without owning Apple hardware? If not, then it doesn't count. If yes, then that's good news I wasn't aware of.
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Re:Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine by jraph on Sunday December 15, 2019 @01:47PM (#21798014)
I don't know whether this is good news¹, but DuckDuckGo uses Apple maps for location searches, so you can use Apple maps through Duck Duck Go.

1: because it replaced OSM…

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Re:Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine by scarface74 on Sunday December 15, 2019 @12:58PM (#21797675)
No, but if we go as far as “Google has a monopoly on its own platform”, that’s an ugly rabbit hole. But you can use third party Map apps on Android from Nokia and other providers.

No one forces you to stay on Android.

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