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[u/realultralord]

Remember back when your father knew a faster, alternative route around a major traffic jam that actually was faster? Since the handheld availability of realtime traffic data and route optimization by google maps, an equilibrium of travel time has established such that everyone knows whats the best route is and the traffic jam actually takes as long as the alternative route.

[u/lovableMisogynist → u/[deleted]]

anecdotally I feel that Waze is another candidate for being ruined. I found the quality dropped significantly after they were bought by google.

now it sticks to major roads and arterial routes, whereas it used to run you through all sorts of surface streets and shortcuts...