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But ask me about legalized weed ;]

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[-] bradboimler@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago

If you don't find value in smartphones I can respect that

You'd have to pry my own from my cold, dead hands. I have a map of the entire world (mostly) in my pocket! That in itself I find invaluable. I use Google Maps all the time. To find places and to navigate to them. On foot, public transit, and car. Here and in other countries.

Sure, I used to manage before Maps was a thing but do I ever want to go back? Nope.

That is one killer feature for me

And yeah I definitely see how life changed for the worse because of them. I actively moderate my own behavior.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago

Sure, I used to manage before Maps was a thing

Remember keeping a stack of bus route maps in your bag? Ha ha ha, dumb times.

[-] bradboimler@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Printing out the MapQuest directions. Keeping the Thomas Guide in your car.

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Suddenly, printing stuff has declined in popularity when you could just have all the data with you in your phone. Don’t even have to be stored locally when you can access the cloud instead.

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