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The end of the Googleverse (www.theverge.com)
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[–] o0joshua0o@lemmy.world 62 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I avoid Google products as much as possible these days, especially anything launched within the last 2-3 years, because it will soon be abandoned and unsupported. Their search results are worse than they have ever been. The only Google app I actually like is Google Maps.

[–] yoz@aussie.zone 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Try magic earth instead of gmaps

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

All the alternatives work great for cycling, driving etc... but collapse instantly when you try and use them for public transport

[–] Aopen@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

In Poland we have OSM based jakdojade.pl

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 15 points 2 years ago

Yeah the search has gone to shit. I've been using Duck Duck Go but I guess that is Bing based?

Also been trying out Kagi. The format is unsettling at first but it is nice to see the results I am looking for at the top instead of a bunch of bullshit ads / sponsored results and whatever along with crappy results below the fold.

[–] sndrtj@feddit.nl 12 points 2 years ago

Maps is also seriously going down the gutter.

  1. There are ads in maps now.
  2. It works OK if you know a name, but not the location, but not the other way around. If there's any concentration of businesses, you can zoom in all you want but it will only show 1 in 2 places.
  3. Many search terms now result in residential places near the top results. I suppose these are mostly small webshops run out of homes for the same terms, but that isn't usually what one is looking for when using maps.