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Every time I open the app, half the screen is taken up by some "Explore your neighborhood!" nonsense. Makes it very difficult to actually use the map, which is
by tvanantwerp 7y ago
Every time I open the app, half the screen is taken up by some "Explore your neighborhood!" nonsense. Makes it very difficult to actually use the map, which is the only reason I use the app. 99% of the time I'm in my neighborhood, which I've already thoroughly explored to my satisfaction, and I'm just trying to find some single specific item.
- wtallis 7y agoI've simply set my phone to stop updating the Google Maps app and stick with the ancient version the phone originally shipped with, because my phone's screen hasn't grown in resolution to counteract all the screen space Google Maps now wastes.
- zentiggr 7y agoThank you for reminding me I can do that... going to give it a try and see what I'm missing/forgotten, and what features I might miss. Wish there was a VCS-ish way to get an intermediate version.
- marcosdumay 7y agoThat works until Google releases an incompatible change on the API. Then you either upgrade or are out of the app. Worse is that the app will capture any link to the web maps, and AFAIK, you can't change your mapping app on Android.
- wtallis 7y agoI find it a bit surprising that such an old version of the app still works today, but the fact that they haven't broken the backend in over 3 years means I'm not too worried that they'll do so before my hardware bites the dust. (I'm expecting the shutdown of 3G to be what finally kills this non-VoLTE phone, though I am likely to stop using it as my primary phone before then.)