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gegil@sopuli.xyz ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I use and routinely contribute to OSM, and I hate Google Maps both ethically and because the actual underlying map is just half-baked.

  This is a ridiculous explanation for why GMaps suggests nominally slower routes alongside the main one. What’s happening in the OP image is clearly a bug, not Google begging you to pretty please do 8 superfluous minutes of data collection for them.

  • Some people have areas they’re more comfortable with. For example, some people are afraid of driving on a bustling highway or through a claustrophobic downtown. Alternative routes make it more likely that this person can forego a few minutes in favor of something more comfortable.
  • The router isn’t omniscient. Sometimes the human using the router knows more about local conditions than the router itself does, e.g. that a road it’s taking you through has a problem. Alternative routes again make it more likely that you give the person a satisfactory route.

  This comment is just fucking stupid and based on nothing when a much more cogent explanation exists. I’m sure it doesn’t hurt that you travel farther, but seriously?

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  • gegil@sopuli.xyz ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This is a joke comment posted in shitpost cpmmunity. Dont take it seriously.

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    • HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      At least one person believed the “joke comment”

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    • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      People here have said dumber things in earnest.

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    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh, shit. I’m sorry. I’ve heard some wild takes on Lemmy lately, but I still shouldn’t have assumed.

      But now I still have to disagree; this is part of a worldwide psychological experiment on Google’s part.

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• ultrahamster64@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Omfg teally???

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  • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Literally every thing they do is to gather additional data.

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    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Bruh comments and 56 seconds later deletes their account?

      @snooggums@piefed.world

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      • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s a mystery!

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    • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      stops using service

      additional data that you stopped using

      rrreeeeeeeeeeeee

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