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My dad uses Google Maps, and he mentioned that it seems to be getting worse. Like, giving him directions that are obviously worse than alternatives. Has anyone else here experienced this?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Apparently everyone ITT has had 100 times more trouble with Google maps than I ever have had. Seriously entire categories of problems I've never experienced. Google maps has never tried to make me drive through a yard or field for example. Been using it since before it was a smartphone app.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It's been discussed in other comments that because Google is A/B testing their old maps model against a new AI model that only some people are experiencing it. It's probably only being tested in some areas.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Google maps has never tried to make me drive through a yard or field for example.

Did someone complain about that? Iโ€™m seeing tons of complains and none of them are this

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah ITT I saw someone say it tried to take them through a field and a barn, and someone else said someone's yard. I thought it was weird.