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minus-square@Exilfranke@feddit.delinkfedilink0•2 years agoWhich, in this particular case, wouldn’t be a bad thing. Just integrate the community aspects into Google Maps, make them optional.
minus-square@anon@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•2 years agoat this point it doesn’t matter, but the fact that they were allowed to buy it is a travesty. Waze was the only app with the capilarity to get enough mapping data to be competitive. Google Maps’ pricing for their API is insane and there’s no viable alternative outside the USA. They bought it to kill it.
minus-square@aksdb@feddit.delinkfedilink1•2 years agoWaze has other features that Maps is missing. Waze is the only routing software I know that can handle vignettes.
Which, in this particular case, wouldn’t be a bad thing. Just integrate the community aspects into Google Maps, make them optional.
at this point it doesn’t matter, but the fact that they were allowed to buy it is a travesty.
Waze was the only app with the capilarity to get enough mapping data to be competitive.
Google Maps’ pricing for their API is insane and there’s no viable alternative outside the USA.
They bought it to kill it.
Waze has other features that Maps is missing.
Waze is the only routing software I know that can handle vignettes.