I swear that with each update they're adding more and more artificial stupidity

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[–] 107 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

That's Magic Earth Navigation & Maps and the results are that app's fault.

You can tell from both the app icon and it's the exact same Burger King logo it uses (Google Maps uses a different one).

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    OP blames Google for the crap the user installs. Lemmy attitude is always a good shield for large companies because it makes any complaint seem absurd by association.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's sad that I was hoping for Lemmy to be a place to have a better vetting of comments by votes but its frankly worse than Reddit.

    Its hive mind is sadly becoming less diverse and just up votes "LOL THIS THING BAD" with no sourcing or anything.

    I've found myself sadly going back to Reddit more because the comments are just of higher quality and diversity of opinions.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Yeah it's a very very one-sided community, especially in regards to companies and governments and so on. And it's not like there's not a lot to complain about, but people here freely apply the same broad strokes they complain about on reddit et al. And that in turn shields problematic stuff from criticism because all criticism is so absurd and overdone.

    There's just little nuance in online discussions in general, and less so here. Partially of course becuase of how small Lemmy is.

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    [–] 60 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Just in case anyone wants this converted to freedom units, 9.792 km is 744 spindles, and 2,6 km is about 95 shackles. HTH

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Google Assistant is definitely getting worse and worse all the time. When the Google Homes first released they were actually pretty useful and handy. I was willing to pick a few up and they served a good purpose. They ran CIRCLES around Alexa and all those.

    Now many years later, the devices don't hear questions correctly, have to ask them four different times, they can't even pick up my wife's prompt words anymore, don't even give reasonable answers when they do get the question right... It's made hundreds of dollars worth of devices infuriating and useless.

    I bought a product that worked. It no longer works because it's been "updated".

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Sometimes I really struggle to understand how Google Maps works. I take some time finding the right area I want to search in, center the map in a very specific place, then search for a term or category and then it takes me to a completely different country to show the results.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    It would have been amusing to see the route trajectory

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Fault of the crappy app you're using, not Google.

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Do you guys like Burger King? I stopped eating there a long time ago and feel no need to go back after the foot lettuce incident…

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    [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The Magic Earth app on Android auto does this to me all the time, I'll bring up a saved address that's only a short drive away and it will say it's like 2000km away until I actually start navigation.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I swear it used to be possible to tell the assistant to navigate to the nearest [franchise] and it would understand it. How has it gotten so much worse over time?

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    I don't know, but my guess would be people gaming the algorithms. Search results have also gone to shit after everyone SEO-ed them to death, and this is probably the same.

    My favorite optimization is this restaurant in NYC called Thai Food Near Me:

    Restaurant called Thai Food Near Me

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    [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And you may find yourself in another part of the world

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What we really need is c/SoftwareGore

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You didn't say nearest to what...

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's a GPS device. Why wouldn't the default be closest to your current location?

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Maybe you passed by a space tunnel somehow

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    [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Just do what it says. Drive to Malaysia. But chances are you'll pass a few burger kings on the way.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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    [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Integer overflow? Seems kinda unlikely but just throwing possiblities out there...

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Oh cmon, 9 thousand kilometers is just around the corner there /s

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Is this the new GM infotainment system?

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    [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    maybe the others on the way are closed

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    I like to see Magic Earth being used in the wild. Didn't think anyone else was using it lol.

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