I too go directly to a search engine's map service for location stuff. One reason being that I don't want to become addicted to the overly accessible nature of

I too go directly to a search engine's map service for location stuff. One reason being that I don't want to become addicted to the overly accessible nature of Google's AI and service integration; becoming addicted would make an eventual switch to a competitor far more jarring. It's for the same reason that I use email clients rather than a service provider's webmail interface. Or Open Office over Google Docs.