• pietervdvn@lemmy.mlM
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    2 months ago

    WHAT? HOW DARE YOU INSULT OPENSTREETMAP, THE MOST USED DIGITAL MAP!

    (In all seriousness, I wouldn’t be surprised that OSM is actually used the most, especially because it creeps into many other maps. But of course, this usage is spread over many apps and not a single advertising map product, where GMaps is undoubtly the biggest one)

  • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    I don’t like that google selectively chooses to show certain businesses over others.

    But at the same time the lower screenshot is just pure information overload, it has way too much going on for a casual map to use while walking around and that sort of thing.

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      2 months ago

      I don’t like that google selectively chooses to show certain businesses over others.

      100% paid placements. I started looking for an alternative to Google Maps once they started putting POIs disguised as ads.

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        2 months ago

        Sort of, OSM doesn’t really have much to search for. For example if I search “gluten free lunch” google will search the reviews and menus, and is pretty decent at showing me options. OSM would not be able to return anything most likely.

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      2 months ago

      I don’t think you were making this argument, but I want to highlight that data is not morally neutral. Google Maps drives even less customers to stores that are smaller, and already have difficulty getting customers.