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> As a result, domestic technology firms like Naver and Kakao have cornered the market for mapping services, making navigation harder for foreign visitors unfam
by gwbas1c 1y ago
> As a result, domestic technology firms like Naver and Kakao have cornered the market for mapping services, making navigation harder for foreign visitors unfamiliar with their platforms.
- jjani 1y agoAnd making navigation better for the 50 million Korean residents who get to deal with mapping apps that aren't enshittified to the nth degree to optimize ad revenue and nothing but that.
- mparkms 1y agoWhat makes you think the Korean apps don't do the exact same thing?
- jjani 1y agoMe using them on a daily basis [0]. The image I made says more than a thousand words. Hint: They very much don't! Much like, say, Google Maps of circa 2010. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45185614 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45185614