• FinishingDutch@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I honestly can’t remember the last time anyone’s asked me for directions. It really is awesome that every phone now comes with decent navigation as standard.

    Heck, it’s much, much better than most standalone systems ever were. You now get free traffic advisory on your phone, which used to be an expensive paid feature on devices like TomTom.

    I do shudder to think what’ll happen if GPS ever goes down or gets downgraded to unusable. Most people have lost their non-technology navigation skills, assuming they ever had them.

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        9 months ago

        That’s my wife for craigslist item pickups; she’s giving them streets to turn on and where to park. And then frustrated when they call and are late and lost. Just give them the address, and let google do it

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      which used to be an expensive paid feature on devices like TomTom.

      That, and the outdated routes that wouldn’t know about blocked roads and this kind of stuff

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      9 months ago

      assuming they ever had them.

      This is me this is me!

      I think I was born at the correct time for this…