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Map app rerouted me past my old gym, hit me weird
I used to just drive the same way every day, no thought, until Google Maps flipped me down a side street for traffic two weeks ago in Austin. Passed the gym I quit in January and realized the app never once asked if I wanted to go, it just assumes where I'm heading. Anyone else get strange pings from their route history they can't shake?
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mia7001mo ago
Turn that feature off before it starts suggesting therapy sessions based on your gym drop-off. Next thing you know, it'll be routing you past your ex's place for "sentimental reasons".
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knight.felix1mo ago
Watch how every app's doing this now. @mia700, my phone already knows when I stay up past midnight and suggests "mindfulness breaks" at 1am like that's not just adding insult to injury. It's all the same pattern, they're turning every dumb thing we do into data for some hidden goal. Next step is my car suggesting I take the scenic route home because I looked at old photos last week. Creepy stuff, but we just shrug and let it happen.
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