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[–] tabular@lemmy.world 23 points 4 weeks ago (15 children)

Will the old method of breaking up a company work enough on modern tech companies? Will the 2nd best map software ever catch up in market share?

[–] ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

If they forced them to split Waze off and make it independent again it probably could, it's probably the only non default app I see people use regularly

[–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Oh, did they actually keep Waze? I assumed they bought it to kill it.

[–] ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

I think they might be using it as a beta testing ground for their back end features, the brand is also pretty valuable in and of itself. The traffic avoidance is much more aggressive than Google maps

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