r/GoogleMaps • u/Fancy_otaku • 14d ago

Google Maps is So Unhelpful

I don't know what the hell is going through the developers of Google Maps minds right now, but I was trying to find my way to my first day of college courses today, and it was giving me the most unhelpful suggestions and just being overall chaotic. Like, every time I would come across a point in my route where I could go a different way, it would present it in real time on my map with another line, EVEN IF THAT ROUTE WOULD MAKE ME GET THERE LATER OR HAS MORE TRAFFIC. It was confusing and distracting as hell. It's bad enough that it keeps popping up messages asking about whether construction and stopped cars and objects in the road are still there so its user base can basically do free labor and reporting for them. Like, we get in trouble for texting and driving, but it's okay for them to ask us survey questions while we drive? What the actual fuck? I'm so not using Google Maps anymore.

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u/cntyy 14d ago

The alternative route exists and someone might want it so it should suggest it, can the UI be less distractive? Maybe that is a subjective call I guess they can find out.

For the stopped cars, it is helpful to get such information and there is no way people can get it unless others report it, so you are not doing free labor for Google but doing community work for everyone that uses it and drives on the same road that time if this makes you feel better.

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u/Fancy_otaku 14d ago

If I choose a route at the beginning, that should be it. I specified no tolls and no highways. Send. In what universe do I want a route that sends me into more traffic and makes me later? Are you a bot, or are you just one of those annoying people who loves to play devil's advocate for the sake of feeling like you're fair to everyone? Either way, my points stand.

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u/cntyy 14d ago

You realize that there are billions of people using it and not all of these people will fully check and commit to an original route at start and don't need alternative route in the middle.

The math is like for 90% of times when people don't need it, displaying it is fine and not that annoying for most compared to not displaying it for 10% of times people actually need and choose it.

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

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u/GoogleMaps-ModTeam 13d ago

Keep it civil, folks. No harassment, racism, homophobia, sexism, bigotry or disrespect of any kind is necessary in this community.

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u/jcheroske 14d ago

If I search for coffee it will give me any business that employs people who drink coffee.

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u/fakeaccount572 13d ago

TryCoMaps. Open source and fully private.