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Re: DuckDuckGo Expands Use of Apple Maps

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Post by soneca »

Tangentially, I noticed that when I start typing a word in my Chrome URL input field, it started to privilege Google searches instead of websites I normally visit.

It is very annoying to type "n " and it goes on to search any query starting with "n" that I happened to have searched in the past instead of going to HN as it was the case for the last several years.

It is happening now with all my usual "shortcuts".

Chrome now is less a browser and more a Google widget.

I wonder if I change the default search engine to DuckDuckGo it would still be the case.

Re: DuckDuckGo Expands Use of Apple Maps

#12

Post by baobrain »

soneca wrote: post #11

Tangentially, I noticed that when I start typing a word in my Chrome URL input field, it started to privilege Google searches instead of websites I normally visit. It is very annoying to type "n " and it goes on to search any query starting with "n" that I happened to have searched in the past instead of going to HN as it was the case for the last several years. It is happening now with all my usual "shortcuts". Chro…

This is a chrome flag you can toggle: omnibox-drive-suggestions

Alternatively, use Firefox.

Re: DuckDuckGo Expands Use of Apple Maps

#13

Post by melling »

cletus wrote: post #3

I think of Apple Maps the same way I think of North Korea's missile program: I know it exists and it has continent-level accuracy.

Last weekend I used Apple Maps to navigate to a movie theater from within the Trailers app.

Not sure which one got it wrong. We ended up in some neighborhood two miles from the theater.

I knew once we pulled off the main road and into that neighborhood that we were screwed.

Re: DuckDuckGo Expands Use of Apple Maps

#14

Post by skizm »

baobrain wrote: post #12
soneca wrote: post #11

Tangentially, I noticed that when I start typing a word in my Chrome URL input field, it started to privilege Google searches instead of websites I normally visit. It is very annoying to type "n " and it goes on to search any query starting with "n" that I happened to have searched in the past instead of going to HN as it was the case for the last several years. It is happening now with all my usual "shortcuts". Chro…

This is a chrome flag you can toggle: omnibox-drive-suggestions Alternatively, use Firefox.

Firefox (at least for me) does the same thing and pushes search results before websites. I have to arrow or tab down 4-5 selections before I get to the first website result in the url/search bar.

Re: DuckDuckGo Expands Use of Apple Maps

#15

Post by scrooched_moose »

olah_1 wrote: post #5

Very recently Qwant launched their Maps beta that is based on OpenStreetMaps. Discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20304720 Sidenote: I use duckduckgo for Safari search. I saw an ad on twitter for something that I searched in a private window of Safari. Not sure whose fault that is, but it really disturbed me.

Interesting, but certainly not usable yet.

My "shorthand" address missed my house by about 5 miles, and the precise mailing address (like I'd use on an envelope) brought up a steakhouse about 8 miles away. My company name dropped me in Saudi Arabia, and the exact address dropped me in New York (I'm in Minnesota).

It's the same issue I have with Open Street Maps, if you're not in SF/NYC/Chi they're damn near useless. OSM at least gets me to the correct block, although it's still off by about 500 feet.

Edit: Oh boy, this is like Cuil again. Grand Canyon brings up a mall in Israel, Burj Khalifa is somehow underwater, Eifel Tower brings up Las Vegas, Roman Colosseum some residential street in Houston. Statue of Liberty and Taj Mahal are the only two landmarks I tried it got correct. I get it's a "beta", but ouch. If you can't get addresses or major landmarks correct this shouldn't even be public facing yet.

Re: DuckDuckGo Expands Use of Apple Maps

#16

Post by godelski »

olah_1 wrote: post #5

Very recently Qwant launched their Maps beta that is based on OpenStreetMaps. Discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20304720 Sidenote: I use duckduckgo for Safari search. I saw an ad on twitter for something that I searched in a private window of Safari. Not sure whose fault that is, but it really disturbed me.

There are ways to track besides the search engine. The website you landed on might have done it. Not saying it wasn't ddg, but that there are many possibilities (and what I think is a major part of the problem)

Re: DuckDuckGo Expands Use of Apple Maps

#18

Post by Spivak »

baobrain wrote: post #12
soneca wrote: post #11

Tangentially, I noticed that when I start typing a word in my Chrome URL input field, it started to privilege Google searches instead of websites I normally visit. It is very annoying to type "n " and it goes on to search any query starting with "n" that I happened to have searched in the past instead of going to HN as it was the case for the last several years. It is happening now with all my usual "shortcuts". Chro…

This is a chrome flag you can toggle: omnibox-drive-suggestions Alternatively, use Firefox.

Firefox is slightly better in this regard but it still searches when what you typed isn't a prefix match for something in your history,bookmarks,whatever.

It's extremely annoying behavior and the go-to add-on "Enter Selects" that fixes doesn't work with WebExtensions.

https://github.com/Mardak/enterSelects/issues/16

Re: DuckDuckGo Expands Use of Apple Maps

#19

Post by oldgun »

olah_1 wrote: post #5

Very recently Qwant launched their Maps beta that is based on OpenStreetMaps. Discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20304720 Sidenote: I use duckduckgo for Safari search. I saw an ad on twitter for something that I searched in a private window of Safari. Not sure whose fault that is, but it really disturbed me.

Twitter does provide a "why am I seeing this ad" option for each ad it displays. Maybe that'll give you some clues?

Re: DuckDuckGo Expands Use of Apple Maps

#20

Post by radicaldreamer »

melling wrote: post #13
cletus wrote: post #3

I think of Apple Maps the same way I think of North Korea's missile program: I know it exists and it has continent-level accuracy.

Last weekend I used Apple Maps to navigate to a movie theater from within the Trailers app. Not sure which one got it wrong. We ended up in some neighborhood two miles from the theater. I knew once we pulled off the main road and into that neighborhood that we were screwed.

Apple Maps keeps confusing California St. and California Ave. in San Francisco. One is in downtown SF and the other is in Treasure Island, a part of the city surrounded on all sides by water only accessible via the Bay Bridge.
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