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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by jlangenauer on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @05:29AM (#25580475)
It shouldn't be up to people to have to spend time and money to correct Google's errors, and to stop Google inconviencing them. Somehow, it has become completely accepted for Google/FB/et al to make profits while shifting costs and externalities onto society.

Why do we allow these tech giants to treat us so disgracefully?

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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by thret on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @06:51AM (#25580903)
Do you even remember what it was like trying to find your way around a foreign city before google maps? They mapped the world and provided it as a service for free.
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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by scelerat on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @07:54AM (#25581243)
I remember. You had to plan in advance and communicate with others.
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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by garaetjjte on Friday January 01, 2021 @08:34PM (#25609329)
There were other mapping services too. Google also didn't start from blank map, they bought data from Navteq/TeleAtlas.
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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by chridou on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @07:18AM (#25581032)
I do. I remember adding a lot of buffer time just in case I wouldn't be able to find my way. It is much more convenient now with G-Maps and other providers. I also remember how expensive the maps for the early navigation systems were and how bad they were.
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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by chasd00 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @08:02AM (#25581275)
you stopped at a gas station and bought a mapsco.
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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by nradov on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @09:39AM (#25582035)
Paper maps were often only marginally useful due to lack of proper street signs or building numbers, especially at night or in bad weather.
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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by pjmlp on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @07:10AM (#25580986)
Yes, I used services like Map24.
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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by throwaway0a5e on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @08:13AM (#25581362)
>Why do we allow these tech giants to treat us so disgracefully?

Because we've already been conditioned to accept this kind of behavior from our local governments.

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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by dado3212 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @05:31PM (#25587003)
How should these issues be caught without people submitting them to Google?
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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by alisonkisk on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @08:50AM (#25581624)
Tech giants have the same rights individuals do to spend boring but annoying misinformation ("rumors").
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