Manufacturing use-cases to justify spyware.
this post was submitted on 27 Mar 2025
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Yet again a "feature" nobody asked for. It will not even properly do what it says.
No, but it will do something they need that we won’t want or like.
Uh, no thanks.
Woohooo something 90% of people will NEVER use, it will be on by default so they can scan all your pics (in case they didn't already)
I guess for a person who screenshots places they want to go.
90% of my screenshot roll are of horror movies I want to watch. Google will be planning vacations to abandoned houses and Antarctic research stations. Yaaay.
Think this is useless? It gets worse!
The new screenshot feature for Google Maps doesn’t appear to detect locations based on image recognition, instead requiring visible text
They must've told the new intern "Put AI in Google Maps. You have 3 days."
I almost feel bad for the poor sap.
🤢🤮
Shrek and his dick getting sucked
shrek is love. shrek...
is life.
Christ what the fuck kind of offer is that. Who wants these shit features for this price.
All my screenshots are memes. Where is Google going to send me on vacation?
To the moon!
I'm going to Portland or pornland, one of the two.
Google Maps can, and we're just hearing this live now, "get fucked".
Not if I don't use Google Maps...
Not that I want this.... But why is it rolling out to ios before android?
Because on Android, you can inspect the APK yourself, but on iOS, it's trust me bro.
Glad I just ditched Google... Might have to expedite removing data from their claws
miss me with that shit
If you didn't install OS on your device than some body else did... So they can do whatever they want