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I had no idea Waze was acquired by google. I wish they would just combine the best of waze with the best of google maps into one app that just works.
by dfar1 11y ago
I had no idea Waze was acquired by google. I wish they would just combine the best of waze with the best of google maps into one app that just works.
- zenonu 11y agoMost "Wazers" actually do not want the Waze brand or its app to be diluted.
- freehunter 11y agoMost people don't want anything they like to be diluted or changed. People on HN don't want people from Reddit. People from Reddit don't want people from Facebook. People from Facebook don't want their parents. People in a gated community don't want poor people moving into their neighborhood. People in the city don't want rich folks moving in and gentrifying their block. People, in general, are xenophobic and like their culture to stay small and untainted. Eternal September happens everywhere. It doesn't mean that Google has to keep two separate mapping applications running. Waze didn't stop to think about their community when they sold the application to Google.
- paulhauggis 11y ago"People, in general, are xenophobic and like their culture to stay small and untainted." The problem is that when anybody and everyone comes into the community and you don't have some sort of filter, it turns to shit.
- oldmanjay 11y agowell it certainly changes. presupposing that change to be "shit" is of course bigotry.
- adevine 11y agoIMO they have. Google maps (at least on Android) now shows me traffic incidents reported on Waze, and it will route me around these incidents in real time as I'm driving somewhere, e.g. "A faster route has become available. Say 'OK' to take this route."
- kevin_thibedeau 11y agoThey do to some extent. Traffic alerts/incidents reported from Waze show up on Google maps.
- HelloMcFly 11y agoI'm fairly certain directions in Google Maps integrate some sort of dynamic Waze navigation routes. This weekend Google Maps routed us around the highway due to heavy traffic, which is not what it used to do. There was no accident or roadwork, just traffic.
- krebby 11y agoGoogle Maps already uses some data from Waze (like route closures and accidents) though I really wish the Waze directions were fixed to match Google Maps. A combined app (or at least more unified set of two apps) would be amazing.