Google Maps is rolling out a new weather feature, but it seems to be iOS only right now
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Google has quietly put in a new weather feature into Google Maps, as noted on the Google subreddit. It's a small feature, but definitely something that will

I think it’s neat, I just discovered it today when browsing on someone’s iphone. Or is it a step in the wrong direction towards 1-in-all apps like Wechat?

  • Senshi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    1 year ago

    Funny enough, Google is being sued in the EU right now by commercial weather service providers precisely because Google is showing their own weather results at the top of any other possible search result, which they consider unfair competition. Recent EU legislation restricts market leaders from using their near monopolistic position to gatekeep other content.

    https://www.heise.de/news/Wetter-com-klagt-gegen-Google-9304318.html

    So I doubt this feature will be pushed further right now.

    • miss_brainfart@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Good, more countries should up the pressure, on every company possible.
      Tele2 in Sweden was fined one million euros for using Google Analytics, Grindr has now lost its appeal and must pay almost six million for their data gathering and sharing, Valve is being dragged for geolocking content, and so on and so forth.

      Be it sub-par privacy, abuse of monopolistic positions or anything else, it’s high time they all get held accountable for it.