▲ 52 ▼ What's the worst privacy compromise that you are willing to admit you make? (sopuli.xyz) submitted 7 months ago by sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.world 82 comments fedilink hide all child comments I've got to make a decision and want to take a room temperature check on what sacrifices people find acceptable for their own comfort. Use any services you know you shouldn't? Any tools that you're just waiting for a chance to replace but can't yet?
[–] djdarren@piefed.social 8 points 7 months ago (2 children) Waze is owned by Google. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz [S] 0 points 7 months ago (1 child) That.... is unexpected. Why would they make a competitor to their own product? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] djdarren@piefed.social 12 points 7 months ago They didn't. As far as I'm aware they bought the competition. Waze serves a slightly different purpose to Maps, being a friendlier face that's more of a driving GPS than Maps is. And while they don't really market it as a Google product, people will use it thinking it's a good alternative to using Google or Apple. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz [S] 0 points 7 months ago (1 child) That.... is unexpected. Why would they make a competitor to their own product? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] djdarren@piefed.social 12 points 7 months ago They didn't. As far as I'm aware they bought the competition. Waze serves a slightly different purpose to Maps, being a friendlier face that's more of a driving GPS than Maps is. And while they don't really market it as a Google product, people will use it thinking it's a good alternative to using Google or Apple. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] djdarren@piefed.social 12 points 7 months ago They didn't. As far as I'm aware they bought the competition. Waze serves a slightly different purpose to Maps, being a friendlier face that's more of a driving GPS than Maps is. And while they don't really market it as a Google product, people will use it thinking it's a good alternative to using Google or Apple. permalink fedilink source parent