For years, Google Maps has been a go-to tool for millions worldwide, seamlessly integrated into search results for instant access to directions, locations, and more. But if you’ve noticed something missing recently, you’re not imagining things. Due to European Union regulations, Google has been forced to remove its Maps functionality from its search results, marking a significant shift in how we interact with the tech giant’s ecosystem.

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    2 days ago

    Yeah, you’re not allowed to say anything positive about Brave on Lemmy. Instant downvote. Then downvotes for talking about it being down voted.

    It’s like you said something neutral about AI, if you don’t shit on it, they brigade you down.

    Yes it’s very good at eliminating cookies, it tracks and sells your data, but not as widely as the big guys.

    It’s very good at fingerprint resistance too.

    Firefox with UO, privacy badger is very close to it’s level of perf.

    You can install stuff to block your telemetry in just about any browser, knock out a lot of your tracking but still get tracked by your browser maker, your OS, your ISP…

    But talk about brave, they just get pissy.

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        14 hours ago

        Wow, that’s amazing and insightful. Repeating the same exact thing year after year for something that happened the better part of a decade ago must be exhausting.

        The Crypto and the IPFS are there, They don’t even push you to use them. You can even right click the triangle and say remove from browser.

        If you want a reasonable gripe, gripe that they’re selling your data. Grape the three default to their own search and sell that data.

        Complain about anything interesting that copy and paste is old enough It should be getting ready for high school.

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          13 hours ago

          These are my own observations. Of course, I can put up with these shortcomings, but why should I if I can just use Firefox? It is the only non-Chromium browser that is more flexible thanks to css support.

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            13 hours ago

            I didn’t come on your post and say you shouldn’t use Firefox. Why are you insinuating that?