My phone detects going on a run as "someone snatching my phone and running off"

Re:My phone detects going on a run as "someone snatching my ... by WheatMillington on Thursday August 06, 2026 @03:36PM (#49201314)

Google isn't making arbitrary decisions here - it's reflecting social norms. Americans aren't big on walking. I've seen pictures of beautiful leafy suburbs that don't even have sidewalks.

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Re:My phone detects going on a run as "someone snatching my ... by rafram on Thursday August 06, 2026 @03:47PM (#49201452)

This is overstated. At least as of 2017, Americans walked about 93% as much as people in France, for example, and a little more than people in Portugal or Greece.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/747380/daily-step-averag...

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Re:My phone detects going on a run as "someone snatching my ... by TitaRusell on Thursday August 06, 2026 @04:28PM (#49202058)

Jogging was invented in the US. I think it is more of a class problem than a nationality problem.

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Re:My phone detects going on a run as "someone snatching my ... by Krasnol on Thursday August 06, 2026 @04:29PM (#49202068)

I guess it says more about people in France, Portugal and Greece.

The difference is: they COULD walk if they wanted.

You can't if there is no walkway.

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Re:My phone detects going on a run as "someone snatching my ... by rsynnott on Thursday August 06, 2026 @04:43PM (#49202256)

Google has giant offices in NYC. Like, you'd think this would have come up.

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Re:My phone detects going on a run as "someone snatching my ... by xyzelement on Thursday August 06, 2026 @10:59PM (#49205453)

I don't have sidewalks in front of my house but our neighbors all take walks - and walk to main street. A quiet street that sees a few cars an hour doesn't need a sidewalk to be walkable.

The other scenario of no sidewalk are like rural roads that are very long with nothing in between. So there sorta "no place to walk to".

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