• @TheRedSpade
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    428 days ago

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

    • @[email protected]
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      127 days ago

      Shockingly they kept Waze around. It sounds like they believe the Waze brand is too strong to be worth killing off in favor of maps, but they have been implementing new features into each and cross pollinating between the two

    • @[email protected]
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      127 days 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