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The world, in one paragraph. (lemmy.world)
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[–] 87 points 5 months ago* (7 children)

I feel like, if they were being thorough, they would've mentioned the game that came out before PoGo, Ingress, that populated most of the initial points of interest.

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  • [–] 30 points 5 months ago* (5 children)

    Sure, but nobody knows what "an ingress" is but almost everyone has heard of Pokemon. I'd also assume the size of the player base is not comparable.

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  • [–] 20 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Not by a long shot even at Ingress' peak.

    Still, I think the location scanning isn't as valuable as the pathing data they've been collecting. Besides, Google Maps has images of the majority of these scans anyway. But walking path data from millions of players for years is valuable for routing delivery paths.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    But walking path data from millions of players for years is valuable for routing delivery paths corralling civil unrest.

    FTFY. Crowd control.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Eh, I think its exppress purpose is delivery bots, and authoritative control is a happy accident. I'm cynical enough to see it foremost as corporate greed.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    We live in a country that Ring advertised mass surveillance systems as a Superbowl ad for finding lost dogs.

    Delivering food has never been about food. It's extremely unprofitable. It's always been about normalizing and optimizing oppressive systems of gig work; and destroying the ability of the working class to face their bosses or even their coworkers.

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