I’m finding that enjoying Google products and services on Lemmy is a hot take. Personally I use a Pixel phone and use nearly all Google services from Gmail to Keep.

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Google is like the base standard you have to use and compare to because no one has made a serious competitor because Google is a monopoly/oligopoly

    Ex: Google Maps is functional and okay, but sucks by 2023 standards. Yet the only viable competitor is Waze, which is also owned by Google.

    • Sygic, Here WeGO, and GO shot themselves in the foot or failed to maintain their benefits.
    • Garmin and TomTom forgot to hire real mobile devs.
    • OSMAnd actually does have a slick modern routing system and navigation, but the graphical engine looks like it came out 20 years ago.
    • aquinteros@lemmy.world
      2·
      11 months ago

      I hate that there are not new maps apps, using machine learning and IA tech it would be amazing… however google would buy them instantly and kill the dev team as they did with waze