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Google Maps is over! The tech giant complies with EU orders to remove navigation services from search results (jasondeegan.com)
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For years, Google Maps has been a go-to tool for millions worldwide, seamlessly integrated into search results for instant access to directions, locations, and more. But if you’ve noticed something missing recently, you’re not imagining things. Due to European Union regulations, Google has been forced to remove its Maps functionality from its search results, marking a significant shift in how we interact with the tech giant’s ecosystem.

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[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm ok with this, I can live and love in my peasant existence without their hovering, seemingly inescapable help. If I have to do without Waze someday, that's a different story.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I give waze less than a year.

They've been putting the features into parity with maps They will eventually shut it down.

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Who will shut it down? (It's the least irritating map app.)

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 months ago

Google's owned them for a number of years.