2026-08-31 16:30 UTC
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@ricardoharvin@mstdn.social 2026-08-31 17:14
@Sarahp@mastodon.social For some reason I thought they had caved on the Gulf of Mexico, so I didn't choose them as my replacement for the complicit companies. I just checked, and I was wrong 👍🏿 I've been suffering along with the mediocre HEREWeGo app. Hopefully MapQuest is better than that, and doesn't take us on a crazy route...
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@regendans@todon.eu 2026-08-31 17:49
From the Mastodon post : "MapQuest has changed hands several times over the years, having been acquired by AOL shortly after going public. It then ended up with Verizon for a time, as a result of Verizon’s acquisition of AOL. In 2019, Verizon sold MapQuest to internet advertising company System1." From : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System1#History "In October 2019, System1 bought MapQuest from Verizon.[12] Cory Doctorow opined, as soon as MapQuest was bought by AOL (which was later bought by Verizon), that it was doomed to die. Verizon had dumped MapQuest to System1 for such a small sum, it was "not material enough for Verizon to file paperwork".[12]" ,.,..,.,,. 😄 (Sorry fans of Cory Doctorow, truth needs to be told) ,..,.,.,., "Properties ActiveBeat Answers.com CouponFollow Dogpile HowStuffWorks Info.com MetaCrawler MapQuest StartPage.com[18] WalletGenius WebCrawler Zoo.com"
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@cascheranno@hachyderm.io 2026-08-31 18:12
@Sarahp@mastodon.social awesome. Dear map apps: if you can’t spine up, make an app option that says ‘show the names as if I am from ___.’ Frankly, this also mitigates zooming into a faraway place and getting map names in something the user can’t read, whether that is Urdu, kanji, English, or Farsi.