My dad uses Google Maps, and he mentioned that it seems to be getting worse. Like, giving him directions that are obviously worse than alternatives. Has anyone else here experienced this?

  • Revan343@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    How come it doesn’t just know whether you tend to speed or not? Doesn’t Google know everything about everyone?

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      1 month ago

      That would be super awesome if navigation apps had profiles.

      Like, when I’m driving my car I go the speed of traffic or maybe a little fast.

      And when I’m driving my motorhome I go 65mph tops and really slow up hills.

      But totally nobody does this. Even the RV Trip Wizard app (built around Here navigation) makes you choose between “I drive XXX speed on average” (ignoring actual speed limits and conditions, just assume constant speed) or just assume normal traffic.

      Why can’t they recognize that different drivers drive differently???

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      1 month ago

      Pretty sure it does, actually. If I look up a route and my partner looks up the same route at the same time both from within our house, mine usually has about a 3-5 minute faster eta.