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I have moved to Kagi as my search engine, although 99.99..% of people will probably never pay for search. Anecdotally, whenever I'm not finding what I need on K
by laweijfmvo 3y ago
I have moved to Kagi as my search engine, although 99.99..% of people will probably never pay for search. Anecdotally, whenever I'm not finding what I need on Kagi and fallback to Google (less than once per week), it's shocking what a disaster the UX of Google's products have become (Maps is an even bigger offender than Search, where seemingly arbitrarily labeled places get more visibility than the search results).
- EL_Loco 3y agoWhat do you use instead of Google Maps? I don't know enough about alternatives to choose one.
- harryp_peng 3y agoWhat's even the google hate? the company is great and provides value. Why go into the rabbit hole of worse products?
- nilamo 3y agoReread GP, Google maps has gotten atrocious with highlighting random spots above your search. That's not hate, it's observable fact.
- pb7 3y agoFirst time on HN? Welcome.
- EL_Loco 3y agoI don't hate on Google, but the user highlighted some feature on Google Maps that are not desirable, and clearly knows more about map apps than me, so why not ask him what he uses? Google provides great value, I agree, but sometimes there's better stuff out there.
- jbverschoor 3y agoApple Maps has better satellite images, and since about a year is often better at navigating. Google maps trumps with pois