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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year ago What’re you gonna do, stop using Google Maps? Yes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoYes obviously some people might. The vast majority will not.
minus-square@[email protected]MlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoBecause, they don’t know they can. With alternatives based like Open street maps.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI mean a cursory search on the app store will reveal these alternatives. It’s certainly partly because of that but much more so because they don’t care and can’t be bothered to change.
minus-square@[email protected]MlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoA mix of that and also tech literacy. Most people don’t even know you have some choice in web browsers.
Yes.
Yes obviously some people might. The vast majority will not.
Because, they don’t know they can. With alternatives based like Open street maps.
I mean a cursory search on the app store will reveal these alternatives.
It’s certainly partly because of that but much more so because they don’t care and can’t be bothered to change.
A mix of that and also tech literacy. Most people don’t even know you have some choice in web browsers.