Think about it, Google Maps is (I think) the biggest collection of map data and information on locations everywhere around the world, yet I don’t want an advertising company knowing that I just went to a fast food place.
YouTube is an endless trove of video content that anyone can contribute to, yet I’d much rather not give an advertiser information on every little interest that I have in video.
It’s so bad for you, but it’s so good.
They have some good apps, but at the same time you can’t guarantee any sort of longevity with them. I think they’re going to pull the plug on Assistant soon, because it’s been in maintenance mode for a couple of years and the service is getting really bad.
My youtube front page just shows random foxnews, joe rogan, andrew tate, prager u, copaganda, hunter biden’s laptop, china, tiktokers, all bunch of things I have no interest in. There are no republicans or nationalists in my household. Don’t know why these shit keep showing up.
My roomie keeps getting videos and adverts about visiting Dubai/UAE/Qatar etc.
We’re both LGBTQ+ so that wouldn’t end well.
I actually think OpenStreetMaps have much more content. In my town Google shows roads and houses. OSM shows me everything down to fences, entrances, beach boardwalks, positions of every single trailer in our nearby tourist housing and more. This is critical when you’re a delivery guy and you need to know where the entrance to the gated facility is. I used Waze to drive, and then OSM Viewer to walk. Even when you zoom in on an empty spot in Google, OSM shows type of land, elevation, where the trees are if there are any, who is the owner of the land if it’s owned by a company. I also like that it shows what factories are called and their land border, instead of just unnamed boxes. Worked for me both in Ukraine and in Ireland.
Is Open Street Maps app called OsmAnd?
That’s a client for it, i personally use Organic Maps
