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> I can't decouple from Google unfortunately Why not?
by Hackbraten 8mo ago
> I can't decouple from Google unfortunately
Why not?
- ray_v 8mo agoenshitification at scale
- als0 8mo agoYouTube
- embedding-shape 8mo agoSame here, because I'm a part owner of a restaurant and we'd probably lose half our business without being on Google Maps as it's not in a busy street.
- jareklupinski 8mo agoi just built a map precisely to highlight restaurants in my area who choose _not_ to pay Google/Yelp :) https://eat.dash.nyc https://eat.dash.nyc https://github.com/jareklupinski/dash-nyc https://github.com/jareklupinski/dash-nyc
- samrus 8mo agoCool app. But the actual value is attention. To replace google maps for resteraunt doscovery, you need to be big in the attention market. Unfortunately good engineering alone doesnt do that, you need marketing/product
- jareklupinski 8mo agothanks :) it was built rly for me/family/friends, but it costs nothing to run (lives on the same server as my portfolio) doesnt have to be a hit, just has to exist i hope
- chvid 8mo agonice app - how do you find those who are not on google?
- jareklupinski 8mo agothank you! in nyc, every restaurant must be licensed and pass a health inspection to operate, so i pulled in all of the health inspection reports :) yay open data
- bigwheeler 8mo agoThis is super cool, thanks for sharing it!
- jmkb 8mo agoThanks, this is a really fun way to view the data. I don't think the no-google/no-yelp filters will really accomplish this goal though. Most of the ones I examined were either variations in the restaurant name or not really restaurants (gas station convenience store, hotel with breakfast, catering LLC with no storefront, etc.) The google and yelp datasets in NYC are really quite good.
- TacticalCoder 8mo agoGoogle is a godsend for SMEs: it's the way out of Microsoft. Many a small mom and pop shop ties themselves to Google Workspace, pay the subscription, and this allows them to manage their entire SME from either a Mac, a PC running Windows, a PC running Linux (yup), a Chromebook and/or even their phone. Don't tell me it's not happening: I know several companies doing just that. It's an "all in one" solution that allows SMEs to not have to use Windows. The lock-in is real: once several employees all have their Google Workspace account and some Google Drive docs are shared with people from outside the company, it's hard to decouple from Google. But at least you're not tied to the shittiest OS out there (Windows) and the mediocre company that produces it.