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Stefan Eissingmaps.google.com is now google.com/maps
Why would you care?
Well, if you give maps access to your location, you now give it to all google services.
rugk@icing its also about third-party cookies cause it is no third-party anymore now
daniel:// stenberg://@icing I remember years ago Google had problems with too many cookies on a single domain and they wanted to add crazy prio schemes for how browsers could discard them in order etc. Because they do (too) much on the same domain. Here, they continue and add even more...
@bagder if it is technically unsound, the most common motivator is money. 💁🏻♂️
Nicolas Pettiaux@icing encore un piège terrible et une atteinte à la vie privée que beaucoup vont louper et dont la presse généraliste devrait parler svp @aruyssen @mdm @lesoir @philaloux @AGerlache
Tomalak@icing This redirect has literally happened *years ago*, not "now". Like, five years ago? At least.
Here's a reddit post from 2018, but I am quire sure the change itself is even older.
https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/9ucmsl/why_has_google_moved_from_mapsgooglecom_to/
