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Have you tried Waze? I find that better at detecting jams and routing around them.

It's deeply concerning that the only alternative to Google Maps being terrible is to use Google's Waze. The only thing stopping another Inbox situation is the threat of anti-competition law.

What do you mean another Inbox situation?

An alternative UX for gmail that Google killed.

how does anti-competition law apply to that kind of situation though? I think anti-competition law would only apply when they bought waze, so while it may be disadvantageous for users if they discontinue it, I don't think there's anything in anti-competition law stopping them from killing waze now that they own it

I tried it. It started pinging me mid drive to call out the nearby Burger King or something and offer to reroute me there.

Last thing I need when I’m trying to navigate unfamiliar urban areas while operating a heavy piece of machinery at high speed is more distractions and more things to process.

Fair enough. I block the ads at the DNS level, but still get a placeholder white box on my phone. On Android Auto though I've never seen anything, although I'm sure its coming.

I only get ads when standing still.

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