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It's been discussed before, but what 3 words had a ton of flaws compared to other systems like pluscodes. What they do have is a great PR person who gets them f
by client4 7y ago
It's been discussed before, but what 3 words had a ton of flaws compared to other systems like pluscodes. What they do have is a great PR person who gets them fantastic advertising article like this one.
https://github.com/google/open-location-code/wiki/Evaluation-of-Location-Encoding-Systems https://github.com/google/open-location-code/wiki/Evaluation...
- gloflo 7y agoChris Mellon, the author of this piece seems to be on their payroll, there are countless 'articles' by him in various media.
- brianpgordon 7y agoSeems like a good reason to flag this submission.
- klez 7y agoThe article seems to be against What3Words, so why would it be flag-worthy? I mean, he doesn't disclose the conflict of interest, but this doesn't seem an attempt to peddle a narrative that benefits the company in any way.
- brianpgordon 7y agoIt's pretty mild criticism though, and even oddly mild criticism is a positive for a relatively small startup given that it's getting them attention.
- 7952 7y agoThe app is fantastic though. It makes the whole process of coding and decoding super easy. Usability is an effective solution to a lot of the technical flaws.