The Most Dangerous App That EVERYONE Loves

[@enricotartarotti]

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[@araz911]

13 mins of waste of time. hopefully I only wasted 30 seconds of it ❤

[@swaggy_dude]

If anyone really wants more privacy for their navigation software, there are many great apps that use OSM (Open Street Maps, which is basically Wikipedia, but for Mapping). The biggest drawback of OSM is, that the quality of the map often changes, depending on the region you are in. But the more people use it, the more detailed it will get since more people will contribute to it.

[@Daniel_VolumeDown]

And OsmAnd (different people than osm itself but still open source) wich is navigation for mobile devices.

[@WyvernDotRed]

@@Daniel_VolumeDown which is a great app, though as of late map downloads stopped working for me. Which is fine for now as I have decently up-to-date maps of the region I drive in, but needs fixing soon-ish. What I appreciate most of OsmAnd are it's amazing and accurate navigation instructions, this is where it steps far above GMaps. GMaps having caused some dangerous situations to family, whereas the worst OsmAnd has done is give some weird instructions where the map still makes sense. And OsmAnd's navigation is more predictable, as GMaps uses weird detours when a mapping error leads to bad ratings of the route. It's much harder to find places in OsmAnd, so when the official site does not list an address I use GMaps. Pasting the address in the search bar does work reliably, so that's how I use it.

[@zaired]

I don't use OSM for most things, but I can recommand an app called Geovelo, which is based on OSM for bike directions, it's simply the best app for that. I also like transit, which uses a combo of google maps or applemaps depending on your device for the front end and OSM for directions

[@HoboGardenerBen]

Gave it a try on a road trip and it didn't come close to google map's usefulness. I hope that changes because I simply wasn't able to meet my needs with it.

[@realtimestatic]

Honestly I research places on my web browser and google maps and then just use osmand for navigation

[@Lilliathi]

"Think abut what a supervillain could do if he gets control of google maps." I don't have to imagine. They didn't scrap their "don't be evil" slogan for nothing.

[@ravitejaknts]

Yeah, its looks weird that's why they removed it. It's not for nothing. I don't think Google is a sane company, but this don't be evil slogan point don't make any sense because they can keep the slogan and can do the evil thing anyway. The simple reason is it looks suspicious for a big company to have that slogan, so they removed it.

[@02234ve]

So… what does the title have to do with the conclusion of the video? To be honest pretty clickbatey.

[@afraidto]

agree

[@maxfrischdev]

Welcome to KZbin :-/

[@mof4t9kboom54]

I Don't think it's that clickable, something could be Dangerous without harming your but you knowing it could harm you for example a shark is Dangerous but not harmful, A mosquito doesn't look dangerous but is very harmful why? in 2022 6 people dead of shark attacks compere that to 1M by mosquito

[@ZurilasZone]

You forgot the part where google ripped off some german students for their whole sattelite image zoom-in idea and never paid them

[@480darkshadow]

Yooo, wait where, I don’t see the patent case when I look it up.

[@LZulb]

You forgot to credit too

[@steVENOM]

You can’t copyright an idea.

[@JannesDragon]

@@steVENOM but you can copyright an algorythm

[@steverich136]

That’s just shitty.

[@BlackBird-Startup-Stories]

I just saw a Post about this last week how the Municipality of Barcelona had a problem with 1 bus line being too overcrowded with tourists. They switched off that bus line on Google Maps without showing it and it literally reduced 80% of foreigners taking that bus. I also love using GMaps especially in Barcelona because of the accurate bus and metro time table, so it totally makes sense as you say that GMaps can literally change human behavior in masses

[@Timely-ud4rm]

This is outright scary. the fact they can change the app and that changes real life human behavior. The road, business or anything they can take it off and it doesn't exsit to 99% of people. Unless the person allready knows about it.

[@saafiiiraa]

Good to know that Barcelona doesn't want tourists. Thanks for the tip.

[@BlackBird-Startup-Stories]

@@saafiiiraa haha I guess it’s not about that. Probably bc some bus lines indeed are full of people at times specially when you’re a tourist and have a ton of luggage but then also some lines are empty even though it kinda drives the same route. I guess this is more of an experiment

[@rustix3]

@@BlackBird-Startup-Stories But they can show it as "in high demand" and "no luggage" kind of warnings, just like some train apps. Instead of removing it completely.

[@BlackBird-Startup-Stories]

Yes but when it’s rush hour and there is only one line for specific routes it’s pretty packed. No one cares about “no luggage”. It’s funny at times because there are 3 bus driving at literally the same time, almost the same route but people choose the first one that arrives and try to fit in. Maybe this was an experiment only, not sure haha

[@JoeBob79569]

The thing that always makes me chuckle is the people who complain on Facebook about websites tracking you and stealing your data, and then you go to their Facebook profile and see all the stuff that they have Liked, all the places they Checked-in, their political opinions, hobbies, how many children and pets they have, what kind of food they like, etc.. I also get a good chuckle at the people who complain online app permissions on their phone, and they might say _"Oh my God, Google Maps wants permission to access my microphone, they want to spy on me!"_ and then later they're complaining that voice activation doesn't work on Google Maps.. 🤣

[@GeeEee75]

It's amazing how few people know how to turn off certain permissions or activate certain privacy settings.

[@JoeBob79569]

@@GeeEee75 I know right! When I don't know how to do something I go and look around in the settings... and failing that I'll just google it. And then if by some chance I can't find the answer I'll ask on a forum. And if it's something really obscure, and I'm feeling particularly stubborn, I'll go and email the company about it. But I think when people "can't find" a setting it's usually just down to laziness, or in some cases they may be so dumb they can't connect the words on the screen with the thing they want to do, like it really doesn't take a genius to figure out that the permissions you're looking for might be in Permission Manager..

[@Joy-e5m4v]

​@@GeeEee75 Not even, the fact that they share so much in the first place is really sad

[@GeeEee75]

​​@@Joy-e5m4vAgree. But by adjusting your privacy and security settings, you can at least control who (of your friends/followers) can see what you have posted.

[@marvinochieng6295]

i think you had a good idea with the video but the packaging feels poor

[@AlexMourning5635]

I was riding in a car and passed a business with a word in the name I didn't know. It was Apothecary, another term for pharmacy. I googled that word specifically, not the full business name, and it pulled up the business hours and location directly instead of a definition. This gave me a kind of harrowing feeling realizing how in-grained our tech has gotten. It felt like a huge eye was watching me directly. I wasn't very comfortable with that feeling.

[@key37raminus]

I clicked on this video expecting you to talk about the real problems of Google Maps, but was disappointed. "What if they gave all this power to someone evil?" They are literally selling this. If you're a big company, you can pay Google Maps to show your business over others on the map. This doesn't interest me as an user. Also the app keeps trying to guess what I want to find on the map, when I zoom in and out, so it is really hard to recognize anything on the map, since it keeps changing the locations that will appear. Pizza Hut appears bigger than actual landmarks. That's not something the user wants. It's literally shaping where people go, what people remember about their cities... Of course, it's a great product, but it has these blatant flaws that cannot be overlooked when you create a video about problems with Google Maps and take all this time to say it tracks your data, but it's all good because the app is perfect and "covers the 1%" (which no app does, nothing can cover all possibilities of use)

[@patrickjoyce8355]

The traffic after the recent solar eclipse in the US is a perfect example of Google maps failing a 1% case but for a massive number of people. The short telling is that everyone leaving the eclipse driving to St. Louis who used Google Maps was stuck in traffic for at least and extra 2-4 hrs compared to Apple Maps and Waze. The exact reasons are unstated, but my suspicion is that Google Maps couldn’t handle the load, and just stopped rerouting people.

[@TimWochomurka]

So… Waze uses the same back end as Google Maps. I’m going to need to see some citations for your claim.

[@patrickjoyce8355]

@@TimWochomurka For one, personal lived experience. I literally had both apps open on my phone at the time and google showed very different route suggestions than Waze. This is backed up by other people in our group getting stuck in an extra 2-4 hours of traffic by using just Google Maps. Secondly, Waze does not actually use the same back end as Google Maps. Waze uses a separate mapping system that's far more reliant on user input/editing, and is functionally run as a separate entity from Google Maps.

[@TimWochomurka]

@@patrickjoyce8355 okay well, without violating an NDA I can tell you you’re wrong 😉

[@patrickjoyce8355]

@@TimWochomurka then how would you explain the real world observed performance difference between the two services that day?

[@carlosasan2604]

It’s so ironic how the comment section and the video is basically against Google Maps but we’re doing all this in KZbin, another Google product lol

[@sgramstrup]

That just means that Google have exploited people for too long by using lock-in and the network effect to ensnare users. We need to continue fighting ALL the big tech c*nts and their closed source shit apps.. So not 'ironic' at all, just normal bad effects from Capitalism/markets..

[@NinaEye]

​@sgramstrup right, I'm old enough to remember when folks had only paper maps and they were folded all funny. It really wasn't that bad. I think we'd all survive without Google Maps. 😂

[@LoveBbyJay]

I live in a fairly rural part of California, and I've had more then 10 "last mile" mistakes from google maps over the last 6 months. Maps works great getting to a business, but getting to a house down 2.5 miles of dirt road is a different story

[@NinaEye]

so the app is business oriented? 🤔 typical Google 😡🤣

[@shaheerrahman87]

Summary: Maps use your data. What a shocker.

[@fakech]

8:30 I primarily use Organic maps on my phone, it has a lot missing (no traffic data, no satelite maps, no streetview) but i think it's better to use a worse product for better privacy.

[@rudolfsgills]

Yeah, and it uses OSM as its baseline

[@fakech]

8:04 Most of it is from selling API access to other companies, in the consumer side it's only from ads

[@ibrahimsoukak437]

I’m not sure what this video was about? There has been so much great information every here and there, however I’m not sure it aligns with the video’s title

[@andrillaf]

In my experience and from stories I’ve heard from friends and family, both Apple and Google maps get it wrong about an equal amount of times. For years, Google Maps would always take you down a long gravel road near my parents’ house, which lead away from their house.

[@carl-magnuscarlsson7713]

The so called "shitification" of the web

[@sgramstrup]

Enshitification = Capitalism and the psychotic behavior that automatically follows..

[@willdatsun]

Google maps tried to tell me a bridge was closed, and was telling me to take a 50 mile detour , it was midnight, i was getting tired.. and there were no signs on the motorway saying the bridge was closed. I trusted my gut and carried on, the bridge was only half closed, it was reduced capacity. Got through no problem at all. If i had taken the detour i would have run out of battery in my car.

[@hitempguy]

Now I understand why maps doesn't show me street names and numbers in a legible size. Seriously, you have to hold the phone to your face to see street names, wtf

[@awdadwadwad1723]

I think you need glasses

[@DaRocketGuy]

No, just zoom in

[@siraaron4462]

I know how intrusive location data is, And I don't like it. But so many applications on my phone require location data to work properly.

[@GeeEee75]

True, but not all the time. You can have location access turned off by default and only activate it as needed. And I don't allow Google to keep a record of my location history, for example.

[@yourlocalidiot69420]

My camera and voice recorder apps want location and phone permission. Like what? My camera does not need to see my phone calls to take a picture. The phone in question is a Motorola.

[@Missticou]

My guess is that's to allow you to personalize contacts with a photo. If you refuse access, someday when you try, you'll get an error message and the opportunity to change the settings ​@@yourlocalidiot69420

[@RonakDhakan]

Please remove the music. Also some words are spoken very softly as compared to most other words in a sentence.

[@johanneszwilling]

😶Why is it that as of recently you cant really directly get to google maps anymore in the search results??

[@thesnapz54]

I appreciate your videos, but this music bed is WAY TOO LOUD and frantic when trying to absorb a lot of information that you're sharing here. Please, adjust the mix and/or pick less complex background music.

[@HamiltonThielsen]

I used to occasionally ask people which way is north. The responses were almost always shocking

[@NinaEye]

In southern California, everyone thinks they are pointing to the North but they are really pointing North West. 🤔

[@Xenu321]

I'm just waiting before Google Maps breaks and open Maps becomes mainstream. Glorious times are ahead

[@daviddanielng]

Then you are going to wait forever

[@MarcoFlores-um7cj]

Open source maps are trash

[@sgramstrup]

@@MarcoFlores-um7cj What a self-fulfilling prophecy. Make it better by using it, contributing to it, or even donating to open source. If you behave like a selfish child around proprietary crap, then we'll never get anything free and better. Stop being selfish, and we'll all benefit..

[@CVE42287]

​@@MarcoFlores-um7cjYour attitude is trash. Not unlike the few skills you have.

[@dallaslouis]

google maps be changing your route without asking.

[@frtzkng]

Because of really complicated privacy regulations (not necessarily strict, just complicated), Google Street View had a large Germany-shaped hole in its coverage until 2023

[@QuestLink]

let's talk about the fact that the "game" of geoguesser exists only because of google maps haha By the way the app is unbelievable if you think about it, it's basically a digital copy of the real world. Sometimes if i have to check a store i go directly on google maps, if i know where it is i don't even type the name, i directly zoom on it lol. I also trust it way more than any other GPS, including the expensive ones you may have on high end cars, which says a lot aout the gap that there is...

[@Daniel_VolumeDown]

I actually use 50/50 google maps and osmand. And osmand uses mapillary to have "streetview" which is crowdsourced and images have copyleft license. Unfortunate thing is that mapillary was sold to meta some time ago. Recently Mcrosoft, meta, amazon and tomtom tarted creaating overture maps which is supposed to be alternative to google and apple and also it will be open source but it isn not yet released

[@joseph.cotter]

"for some things, failing is ok, we just find another way, but for some things, failing means sharting instead of farting, and that's not ok...."

[@jrRim]

background music is just too loud in this video, I could barely hear you

[@Ollerismo]

One time. Google maps made me drive off a road that ended on a cliff…

[@bradbradson4543]

I hate how if you are zoomed at a location and you search in maps it will zoom you waaaay out instead of searching at that location, all to show you specific results you don't want

[@david05]

This video is a list of maps' obvious problems and solutions that take you to nowhere ⭐

[@Pallerim]

Chill with the post-processing, holy shit

[@thesnapz54]

hard agree, and music is far too aggressive for something so info heavy

[@BriefNerdOriginal]

I seriously tried to replace Google Maps with a more privacy conscious and/or open source alternative. And I always came back to Google Maps. This and KZbin (Premium here, as I want to support creators without Patreon and other external stuff) are the only two Alphabet apps I use .... Ehm, and Android. And... Ok, but the only two still 😅

[@frostghoul]

Answer: because it’s convenient and a free service

[@Rkcuddles]

But how does maps generate money? Did I miss it? Hold on I got3 to rewatch

[@RandomMusic-ff2ue]

There is obviously a lack of hotline to google for roadworks / police etc to inform google of whats happening, it just reacts to other users navigation, so often a road will get closed off and no cars will go down it, google doesnt flag this as a a closed road because... no cars go down it, so no data for that road., obviously those cars just don't want to use that road today right? google logic. maybe they improved it, it would be easy to code it to flag a problem if a route took someone on that road yet they avoided it.

[@jaewanplayzofficial]

people in North Korea: What is google maps?

[@autumnmatthews3179]

I use Apple Maps on my iPhone. I love that if it's wrong I might find somewhere more interesting. I mean do I really want to go to the place I'm going to?

[@NinaEye]

Absolutely! Just keep driving west and you'll hit the beach eventually.

[@thecastiel69]

3:02, Is it possible to remove Apple maps?

[@frtzkng]

Yes, you can delete many apps which come pre-installed on an iPhone now, exept for those which would irreversibly break its functionality, like the Settings, App Store and Phone app, and you can download them later on if you wish

[@NinaEye]

Just upgrade to a Samsung.

[@ishanoval]

Hey Enrico, I'm a PM too and I also think GM is the best product out there for free. There was a time when Maps had no reviews like foursquare did and I always wanted them to add it. How do you think current Maps could be improved so far?

[@MarcoFlores-um7cj]

People cant see that outside the US the alternatives don’t work

[@joseph.cotter]

The automated car is a common but totally wrong scenario of a problem situation. If an automated care gets into an accident where it kills someone some small percentage of time many say "look, it failed!!!" However, these people are using a false narrative. They have to ask the question, how often is the current solution (people driving cars) creating the same scenario... and when we find it is 100x or 1000x times higher, the intelligent of the species will realize it is actually a better scenario. (Some idiots will still complain that "it's different when a person kills someone in an accident than if an automated vehicle does.") And while it is different, in ways such as assigning liability, etc... it's not in which is inherently better for saving peoples lives. Also, I'm not suggesting current technology is safer than current drivers, just that it is almost never qualified that way (comparing the two directly.) And very little is commented on just how bad some human drivers are.

[@NinaEye]

Don't be surprised if law enforcement is soon to experiment with self driving vehicles. I mean, if the self-driving police car kills someone, they're the cops; what ya gonna do about it! 🤔😳🤣

[@Dupstal]

Pretty much clickbait video

[@devster269]

i dont use google maps because its useless it still has problems to solve its also got annoying popups and your not able to download a whole country or state for offline use only 10km around you at a time like im sorry what year is it???

[@awdadwadwad1723]

I had the same experience with apple maps as your colleague. It was the last time I used it.

[@holomode1357]

4:30 didn't Art+Com invent the Satellite map browsing thing

[@MungaiJm]

you reuploaded this video?

[@Welv1987]

I remember printing Mapquest maps and then there was a detour so I get lost. not always but often, lol

[@Ronkly]

2:14 Nope, Google Maps actually say that there are no buses for me:D

[@horasefu1438]

Personally hate anything "google", use osram open maps project apps for any navigational purposes...

[@sokacsavok]

At least there is something that cares where I am at all times :D

[@Chikowski101]

enrico you're simply brilliant

[@sankalp5170]

Where is TerraVision??

[@96ethanh]

Hmm, I couldn't pick up a "takeaway" from this video.

[@Suffered_Heart-3.14]

I love this channel ’cause this lists all of the problems of major apps - which I use to test and try to create a better experience app. I have a lot of projects and few of them will gonna work out.

[@robinhood768]

Bros shining

[@salvsays]

Waze > google maps

[@JCdied4Uall]

Unfortunately the best thing about waze was it isn't google but they got bought out several years ago by google

[@hikaroto2791]

6:30 begans everything freemaps lack.

[@productmanagementbyutsav3069]

This is super informative and very well done research , thanks a lot there is no other content like this

[@NinaEye]

Google Maps vs Apple Maps? 🤣 Oh silly me, I'm old enough to remember when the debate was atlas vs folding map. Those were better times.😢

[@sveps8883]

Hell nah. I don't unse any Google App. AOSP REVOLUTION. FOSS OPERATING SYSTEM WITH CUSTOM KERNEL AND CUSTOM RECOVERY AND SUPERUSER PRIVILEGES.

[@0xdeadbeef990]

I'm cool. At least i feel that way now.

[@aquaponieee]

i use it to check when the bus arrives, that's about it

[@MarcoFlores-um7cj]

Google maps is the only google service worth the money

[@thatoneglitchpokemon]

You used SF Pro..... hmmmmm........ am I picking up Apple employee vibes here?

[@RacerC45]

Is this clickbait? How is Google Maps dangerous? People aren't getting killed.

[@NinaEye]

It once sent me to the back of an abandoned high school at night. Somehow it thought the school didn't physically exist anymore and it assumed that the road went through, I guess.

[@jaewanplayzofficial]

There was an incident in russia that killed 1 and gave trauma to 1

[@jaewanplayzofficial]

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[@adityachouhan735]

A perfect video my dude

[@sploders1019]

I use Apple Maps nowadays, and deal with the consequences, just so I don’t have to use Google (or their crummy UI by comparison). I know Google Maps is a better product, but I don’t want to depend on them. If you have a little bit of common sense that you can reconcile with what the map says, Apple Maps is actually pretty good.

[@rustix3]

1:55 Not far away from those making drawings with CSS

[@lukka_xx]

Hello fellow italian

[@divyv20]

Hey Enrico , very good video . I can do better editing in your videos which can help you to get more engagement in your videos . Pls lmk what do you think ?

[@thesnapz54]

Call this person @enrico

[@neilgibson8605]

Another great video, thanks Enrico.

[@Snayps]

Nice video, great animations and actually amazing thumbnail. 🙌 Thanks!

[@jg-it01]

No word about TerraVision?

[@tid418]

I don't use Google Maps. Nothing with "Google" in the name is on my phone.

[@NinaEye]

tell me what it's like being Amish 🤔😆

[@GloriaTheAnimator]

google maps once took me all the way to philipines metro manila cause maps said it had my embassy, when it didnt..... that was very serious error

[@GeeEee75]

See, I would have looked up the address on the embassy website rather than relying on Google Maps for something that important.

[@GloriaTheAnimator]

@@GeeEee75 nobody decided to update the website or adress in the last 3 years till i submited the error to google maps

[@ayhantalks]

Nice one, again, Enrico!

[@slayery777]

oh nooo, google maps knows i was driving down maple street to my bro jamal

[@amrallahhurricane4891]

Yesterday Edward Snowdon tweeted the we should not use Reddit again, what do you think of Reddit new rules??

[@davidcarlstrom3863]

At 3:44 I still have not heard one word about the subject in the title....

[@Daniel-gx4zx]

Whats the anime from the beggining?

[@fakeillusion]

I think you was forgot he have KZbin channel.I am also forgot I like he is video.

[@refchannel1167]

excellent, Enrico, excellent.

[@dunar1005]

Rewind is local…

[@tylerkennedy9833]

That was a great video, thanks

[@OpenDeepLearning]

I was wondering why YT recommended to me this video. Apparently I am subscribed. I like the information, but the packaging is not what I like.

[@HesselFolkertsma]

Cool story 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@pakhyeoncheol]

It’s hard to get videos out there without a clickbait thumbnail unfortunately

[@aqua-bery]

​@@HesselFolkertsma are you denying that this happened to them? Bro...

[@aqua-bery]

​@@pakhyeoncheol unfortunately

[@HesselFolkertsma]

@@aqua-bery That what happened to who? “I like the information, but not the packaging”, like what even is the point here the commenter’s trying to make?

[@degcrip7320]

Great video thank you

[@BryanzHAn03]

I use a Garmin DriveSmart 66. If the POI doesn’t exist I just punch in the address. Yes Garmin still makes and sells them as of this comment. Upgraded from a Garmin nuvi 2597LMT.

[@compromisedssh]

no offense to like xQc or MrBeast or whatver but my man E.T. just phoned home so he could cook up this dope ass Maps explainer. now THAT's what i'm talkin about. GET IT, 'RICO!!!!!!!!!

[@abdurahmanmohamed4732]

The prodution quality is just insane, I wish you would talk about how you do it

[@mikopiko]

If you are interested in how he does it, read the description

[@abdurahmanmohamed4732]

@@mikopiko Thanks man

[@SajiSNairNair-tu9dk]

👉meaning of anything? 👉i

[@xand.r]

Clickbait guys

[@Faiad_Mohammad]

great video!

[@JohnDoe-k7o]

google maps sucks, is ugly and resource intensive

[@asaultikk]

OSM my beloved