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  • Why not both?

    I’m not sure why your response is so hostile against my support of the idea, or why you make so many unfounded assumptions.

    How do you know I don’t raise my voice against those views in public? And I never said anything about such spaces being “zones out of sight”, that was your addition. I didn’t say that this article’s idea was the limit of what I support.

    Sure it could be “even better”… literally any idea could be even better. But if you attack everything less than perfection, we will never get anywhere.



  • I agree with the article, but i hate the way the author just admits defeat at the end. “I hate everything about it! But i won’t realistically leave. And actually you can keep doing it all, just let me hide hotels pretty please”. Ugh.

    I can’t claim I’ve managed anything more, beyond periodically re-testing the alternatives, but i just hate to see it written., Feels like it undermines the whole argument when they make clear that Google will see no consequence.

    The biggest hurdle for me, is that many businesses and other points of interest are missing in the alternatives. And if not missing, then useful data like opening hours, reviews, etc aren’t there.

    But i hate every moment i spend in Google Maps due to the advertising and bad UX, and I will jump ship as soon as something comes even close (on Android).








  • I don’t use my work laptop as my personal one, i have a personal gaming PC and tablet. If i didn’t have my tablet i might temporarily use the work laptop for personal stuff when travelling, instead of buying a laptop just for that.

    Reasons for using the work phone: i don’t need to spend a lot of money duplicating the hardware i already have for free; i don’t need to pay for a phone/data plan to service that second device; i don’t need to carry two phones around (since i need to have the work one anyway).

    Any particular reason you have in mind why one should not use their work phone? Or why is this surprising to you? Also not meant disrespectfully, only trying to understand where you are coming from.