Ilandar@lemmy.today to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 days agoGoogle Maps ‘limited view’ now hides reviews, images for signed-out users9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up192arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Maps ‘limited view’ now hides reviews, images for signed-out users9to5google.comIlandar@lemmy.today to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agoFight scrapers, provide more targeted advertising, use this as a beginning to get people to make an account. Google doesn’t have an incentive to keep this information open without an account but several incentives to put it behind an account wall.
minus-squareAndrewZabar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoWhat’s odd is that for a very small portion of the users, this is incentive to actually logout! Less clutter? Yes please.
Fight scrapers, provide more targeted advertising, use this as a beginning to get people to make an account.
Google doesn’t have an incentive to keep this information open without an account but several incentives to put it behind an account wall.
What’s odd is that for a very small portion of the users, this is incentive to actually logout! Less clutter? Yes please.