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Re:US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Supp... by actinium226 on Sunday May 11, 2025 @02:58AM (#43951949)
Yes, satire aside there's room for improvement in these services. Maps frequently has incorrect business hours.
Re:US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Supp... by hirvi74 on Sunday May 11, 2025 @06:34PM (#43957782)
I was always under the impression that businesses are responsible for updating their own hours for Maps. Is that not the case?
Re:US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Supp... by actinium226 on Monday May 12, 2025 @09:19AM (#43962585)
There was a business near me that closed. I reported it on Maps, and they still listed it as open for a month. Another time I arrived at a business just shortly before their closing time and found that it was closed-closed, as in out of business.

In the first case they could have paid someone $20 on fiverrr or whatever to go and physically look to see if it's closed and update it more quickly. Not sure about the second case, but either way if a maps service put in the effort to have more accurate hours they could do so, and that would be a reasonable thing for users to pay for.