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Is posting such baity non-journalism on here nowadays a way to farm karma? This doesn't give anyone actual value, most of the things listed are common sense an
by meibo 6y ago
Is posting such baity non-journalism on here nowadays a way to farm karma?
This doesn't give anyone actual value, most of the things listed are common sense and if you use Google Maps, you are probably already aware of it. I'd wager that some people use Maps exactly because these features make it convenient.
- C1sc0cat 6y agoYes the fact that I can check my phone in the morning for my commute and get an accurate (ish) bus time including delays is great, I can avoid a long wait for a bus at and have another cup of coffee. Though as I live next door to a pub in my village it used to keep checking me in - google probably thinks I have a drinking problem :-)
- jwr 6y agoWhile this article might look obvious to you, most people will be surprised by what they read. We need more articles like this, so that everybody realizes how their data is used, processed, farmed, and sold.
- vixen99 6y agoTry not to imagine everyone sees the world through your eyes.
- yreg 6y agoThis is hn, I expect the content of the article to be obvious to everyone here.
- stinos 6y ago'most' perhaps, 'everyone', not so much
- Hnrobert42 6y agoThe other comments show this is not obvious to everyone.
- yreg 6y agoNone of the other commenters show surprise about any of it. This is just another generic unfruitful "google bad" circlejerk thread, no one learned anything new from it. Sorry, I don't mean to argue with you, I just disagreed with the "accusation" against meibo.
- Applethief 6y agoYes, that is correct. But, this article was posted on Vice and then shared to hacker news. To its primary audience, this is mind blowing.
- Hnrobert42 6y agoGiven the other comments, this is not obvious to everyone.