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I used to swear by Waze, proselytizing to anyone who would listen, and otherwise. There are two main reasons I stopped using it altogether. 1) As tends to happ
by forgotmypw 9y ago
I used to swear by Waze, proselytizing to anyone who would listen, and otherwise. There are two main reasons I stopped using it altogether.
1) As tends to happen with our favorite apps, they started fucking with the UI. I don't remember exactly what it was at this point, but every release after Google's acquisition included some changes that made it less convenient and more aggravating.
2) I gave up having tower service and went wifi-only. Google Maps is very good at storing the map offline and recalculating without an Internet connection. Waze needs an internet connection every time a fly passes between you and the GPS satellite.
I still miss the police warnings, but I also changed my driving habits to where I don't need them anymore.
- ctdonath 9y agoI still miss the police warnings, but I also changed my driving habits to where I don't need them anymore. Hey, that's an idea: obey the law. [ETA: funny that this is being downvotes.]
- Humdeee 9y agoIs it? Snarky and obvious comments generally will attract down votes. Those kind of comments become tiresome and dilute a discussion.
- kimdcmason 9y agoIt didn't strike me as snarky at all, and it's also not obvious considering that many people want the police warnings so that they can break the law. Apparently complying with laws is seen as optional by a lot of folks, and the result is mass deaths and injury. Police and red light camera warnings in Waze always struck me as both encouragement and enablement of deliberate law breaking.
- andrewmcwatters 9y agoYep, and there's a whole market for radar detection. It's basically an unethical software feature.
- lulmerchant 9y agoYou shouldn't conflate the law with ethics so readily. The same logic could apply to lots of different encryption or security technology.
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- int_handler 9y ago> result is mass deaths and injury Do you have some hard evidence that shows that most traffic accidents are caused by people not complying with speed limits vs. people being inattentive, people under the influence of drugs or alcohol, people making invalid turns, people slamming on their brakes but the driver behind them is unable to react in time, etc.? The notion of "speed kills" is not always correct. If everyone on the highway is driving above the speed limit, then driving at the speed limit and slower than the flow of traffic would actually become a cause of traffic and increase the risk of a collision.