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I hate Google and try not use it anymore but there's still one thing I can't do without : Google Maps.
Have you tried open street maps? I suggest organic street maps for your phone
I can never stick with those alternatives, the traffic conditions feature is simply too good to miss
I'd be okay with Google dwindling all the way down to just Google Maps.
I find Waze quite good for traffic conditions. The only thing it always tries to steer me wrong with is that there's 2 main routes home from work, around the North East of the city, and on the bypass around the West/South of the city. It always wants to take me on the bypass as when I'm at the exit for the other route, traffic is way lighter. However by the time I'm halfway home on the bypass traffic has brought itself to an essential standstill. And there's no real ways cutting across the city that avoids the high traffic section of the bypass that doesn't take longer than sitting in traffic. Also...the NE route is at most 15mins longer due to speed limits, but it's 20ish km shorter.
Surprise! Waze is owned by Google :-(
FUCK.
Well, here's hoping they don't kill it like they kill everything good they've ever made....
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/27/google-cuts-jobs-at-waze-as-it-continues-to-merge-mapping-products.html
Goddammit
Waze isn't technically difficult to replace, but it is going to be difficult to replace because the replacement needs critical mass to become useful. There's no point using it over some other navigation app if people don't report stuff.