alt Hacker NewsGood for navigation, terrible for up to date business information (opening hours) and reviews.
Google maps’ reviews aren’t great - everything is a 4.3 because they incentivised users to review business interactions they didn’t care about by paying them pennies in Google pay credit - but it will at least tell me reliably if a business is closed today or has shut down.
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walthamstow • today at 6:01 AM
The network effect of Google Maps is huge. If a restaurant menu isn't officially online, someone will have posted a picture of the menu and half the dishes on it.
sroussey • today at 6:46 AM
Good for navigation? I use as default but never if I’m in a hurry.
satyamkapoor • today at 5:39 AM
Agree ++
Google maps' business/shop/restaurent information is indeed a lot better than Apple maps / Yelp in the UK, however I've found here it relies on business owners to update that info, and so often has "orphaned" businesses / restaurants still in it that have closed months (sometimes more than 6) ago.
Sometimes there's a recent review saying that, but other times there's no indication at all.