> if we assume that the Google Maps use research and data from users when planning features Based on what I've seen from Google product design, this is a prett

> if we assume that the Google Maps use research and data from users when planning features Based on what I've seen from Google product design, this is a pretty bold assumption. While Google has access to unfathomable amounts of data collected from users, it's more than happy to eschew that if the data conflict with higher-level product or company strategy decisions, which generally are much less motivated by raw user data,