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I don't understand the value of Waze when anonymized cellular phone data provides real-time, high resolution congestion data for any place that has cellular pho

by ynniv 13y ago

I don't understand the value of Waze when anonymized cellular phone data provides real-time, high resolution congestion data for any place that has cellular phones, which is basically the entire globe. Why do people use Waze?

wahsd 13y ago
one feature..... police trap reporting. With some of the recent updates, mapping and routing has just gotten worse and essentially useless, so I just use it to tag and be warned of cops checking speed while using Google for actual directions.
- ynniv 13y ago
  Yeah, that's going to be the first feature removed when someone buys them. Also not worth $1B.
  - dsrguru 13y ago
    No, that feature is the reason Waze has so many users.
    - ynniv 13y ago
      I am confident that any company capable of paying $1B dollars for them will cut it immediately. If that's the core value of the product, it either won't get bought or won't survive getting bought.