but it might have sounded like you separate this two, the point of the commenter above, i believe, was that google maps and waze now share the same data. i do believe that getting all these contributors and keeping them, is the reason why google didn’t kill the waze already but is just slow-crippling it instead.
some volunteers might be happy to contribute data to waze, while they might not be as happy to do the same for google.
You can give verbal reports by phone or Android Auto/Car Play. Can give more variety of reports, eg: potholes, blocked lane, road kill. And it gives a very accurate countdown timer for how long you’re stuck in traffic. Waze is the superior app… IMHO.
chris@l.roofo.cc 2 weeks ago
I know. I was just talking about the amount of data that is available that is hard to reproduce in the FOSS world.
14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
but it might have sounded like you separate this two, the point of the commenter above, i believe, was that google maps and waze now share the same data. i do believe that getting all these contributors and keeping them, is the reason why google didn’t kill the waze already but is just slow-crippling it instead.
some volunteers might be happy to contribute data to waze, while they might not be as happy to do the same for google.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
How exactly are they crippling Waze?
It’s much better for input & feedback than Maps.
You can give verbal reports by phone or Android Auto/Car Play. Can give more variety of reports, eg: potholes, blocked lane, road kill. And it gives a very accurate countdown timer for how long you’re stuck in traffic. Waze is the superior app… IMHO.