Original toot in Spanish says: “OK, so I need some alternatives to Google Maps, because I just decided seconds ago to stop using it after I got proposed a trip with a completely unnecessary detour which adds two extra minutes just because it pass by a gas station that sponsors this trip.”

  • w2tpmf@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Waze. Google Maps literally gathers a large part of it’s traffic real time data from Waze (which they also own).

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      10 months ago

      Maybe, but I suspect that Waze has a small fraction of the gmaps user base, so if it has compatible traffic info, it’s because it draws on Google’s data.