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this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2025
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This may feel bad short term but this is actually good long term. It opens up the possibility for competitors for similar map services to exist. When google combined their search engine product with their maps product, everyone had to automatically use their map product. This is very monopolistic
But they had to take 20 years for that decision.
For example in duckduckgo you can type "city !gm" and it will take you to Google maps search results for "city".
You can also use ddg.gg as a quick way to be redirected to duckduckgo.com without having to type the whole thing
True but still annoying.
Wondered if I did something wrong and this happened well before I read about it here.