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Maybe, if you have already been conditioned to use Chrome while logged into your Google account and you see that as normal. That ship sailed a few years ago I s
by branon 4y ago
Maybe, if you have already been conditioned to use Chrome while logged into your Google account and you see that as normal. That ship sailed a few years ago I suppose.
The point of not signing in is that I'm not signed in, and so either your software still works, or it's worse than useless. Guess which one Google picked.
Also doesn't explain why Maps keeps a handful of search results around, right beside the dark pattern they employ to try and get people to log in.
- skybrian 4y agoThat seems too binary. Maps is still quite useful if you’re not logged in. They didn’t have to allow it at all. Why is limited functionality “worse than useless?”
- branon 4y agoI guess I am speaking just about the software that does their search. The rest of Maps is ok and still useful in spite of the search software being purposefully hamstrung. I still use it often for its search which is first-class is most other ways. There are other avenues to this too like driving in a car can be stressful and Maps' refusal to cache search queries can contribute to stress for people on the road (likely at some meaningful level if the sample size is large enough) which strikes me as unethical. Personally I'm super dependent on GPS so having a tool which doesn't try to stab me in the back while I operate heavy machinery is a huge relief. OsmAnd can save searchable waypoints, color-coded, with icons, in folders, supports import/export, all local-first.