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Re:Plan Your Route Privately: DuckDuckGo Now Has Driving and... by Seb-C on Sunday October 11, 2020 @10:00PM (#24750782)
If you disable the option allowing Google to track and collect your location data everywhere and everytime, you cannot use this option.
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Re:Plan Your Route Privately: DuckDuckGo Now Has Driving and... by zw7 on Monday October 12, 2020 @09:44AM (#24754258)
My workaround for this was to create a shortcut to directions to home:

In Google Maps on Android:

1. Search for your home address and click "Directions"

2. Click on 3-dot menu (hamburger button?) next to origin and destination

3. Select "Add route to Home screen" to create shortcut

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Re:Plan Your Route Privately: DuckDuckGo Now Has Driving and... by seattledev on Monday October 12, 2020 @02:20PM (#24757603)
It also disables the ability to view weather on my phone at a glance or button press. I have to Google "city name weather"
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