• Digitalprimate@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Not related to the article, totally anecdotal, and n=1, but it seems Google Maps has really dropped the ball as well.

    • gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de
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      6 months ago

      Cannot confirm.

      I use google maps regularly, and it mostly works fine.

      However, google search engine (and youtube recommendations) have gone on a steeply downhill rollercoaster ride. Nowadays, I have difficulty researching even the most basic topics on Google, because it is so clustered with ads that I cannot tell anymore whether any website is genuine or trying to scam me.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        YouTube ads for me has collapsed. I either get recommendations for things I already have and it makes no sense to get another one of or militant rightwing crap from Hillsdale “college”, or Epoch Times.

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      6 months ago

      As in? For me, Google search is a joke, but Google maps and mail at least still work reasonably well.

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        6 months ago

        The fact that it doesn’t work the same in every browser sounds a lot like anti-competitive fuckery.