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It shouldn't be up to people to have to spend time and money to correct Google's errors, and to stop Google inconviencing them. Somehow, it has become completel
by jlangenauer 6y ago
It shouldn't be up to people to have to spend time and money to correct Google's errors, and to stop Google inconviencing them. Somehow, it has become completely accepted for Google/FB/et al to make profits while shifting costs and externalities onto society.
Why do we allow these tech giants to treat us so disgracefully?
- thret 6y agoDo you even remember what it was like trying to find your way around a foreign city before google maps? They mapped the world and provided it as a service for free.
- pjmlp 6y agoYes, I used services like Map24.
- chridou 6y agoI do. I remember adding a lot of buffer time just in case I wouldn't be able to find my way. It is much more convenient now with G-Maps and other providers. I also remember how expensive the maps for the early navigation systems were and how bad they were.
- scelerat 6y agoI remember. You had to plan in advance and communicate with others.
- chasd00 6y agoyou stopped at a gas station and bought a mapsco.
- nradov 6y agoPaper maps were often only marginally useful due to lack of proper street signs or building numbers, especially at night or in bad weather.
- garaetjjte 6y agoThere were other mapping services too. Google also didn't start from blank map, they bought data from Navteq/TeleAtlas.
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago>Why do we allow these tech giants to treat us so disgracefully? Because we've already been conditioned to accept this kind of behavior from our local governments.
- alisonkisk 6y agoTech giants have the same rights individuals do to spend boring but annoying misinformation ("rumors").
- dado3212 6y agoHow should these issues be caught without people submitting them to Google?