I know it's due to role redundancy, but ever since Waze was pulled more closely under the Google umbrella, every change they make worries me.
this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2023
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It sucks I use Waze daily and I know maps is t going to have all the same features just like they promised Gmail would get everything from inbox
Google only ever kills the services I use. I fucking hate Google more and more every year.
the services I use
I fucking hate Google
Looks like you need to deGoogle. I did.
RIP Google Reader. Feedly is nice, but I still liked my plain simple Google Reader
RIP Google Reader. 😥
More to the point however, they're killing off the advertising arm of Waze because they're integrating it into the Google Ads department:
The company is moving Waze over to Google’s ads system, and that change will mean cuts at Waze in “sales, marketing, operations and analytics,” Chris Phillips, VP and GM of Google’s Geo unit, wrote in an email seen by the publication.
Since Waze was originally a separate app that was bought by Google, this is likely just killing off a redundant department. So unless the service you use is Waze's ads, this probably won't affect you too much.
For the longest time, I held on to Gmail, but honestly it’s been surpassed by Hotmail. The sweep feature is very useful in keeping the unread count down. Besides mail and search, I consider every other Google service temporary.
I used to love me some Inbox for Gmail.
How about some Google Wave? No? Just me?
I played Dungeons and Dragons on it! I cried because I lost all those adventures and dialogue between characters. I try to do the same with discord but it's just never been the same. It was truly innovative but that might just be a rose tinted view.
Inbox loss still hurts. And then the lies about bringing all the features into Gmail... Meanwhile Gmail still looks like a half-assed 2005 beta with some unwanted corpo productivity tools awkwardly wedged into it.
That was the shit
I'm surprised they kept it up and didn't just incorporate the back end into google maps.