Bro,
I have been using Google before 2000
Had an early invite to Gmail. Got mobile search results over text message before smart phones.
Google maps didn’t even launch until 2005.
Some of us went places and did things before Google+
I don’t disagree that if I want to go somewhere I might search g maps.
But the search results are really shit lately.
I miss competition with several web spiders
WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You understand that while this would give better results, this is an example of the problem under discussion - you’re deferring to businesses listed on Google, washed with Google reviews and promotion. Businesses that don’t actively try/pay to work with Google functionally don’t exist - they are the gatekeeper, toll collector, marketplace, and the arbiter of good and bad. They don’t do this altruistically or honestly - they do it for profit, and the crashing quality of their search results is evidence of this.