Hard to overstate how enshittified and botshitted Google Maps has become. Went looking for my local locksmith on Gmaps. Maps shows 20+ fake locksmith referral scam outlets and doesn't even register the real locksmith, despite it being fully visible in Street View.
Instead, a red pin on the shop identifies it as a fake locksmith scammer. The real locksmith - which has been there SINCE 1942 (!!) and is a verified merchant - doesn't even show up.
Google maps no longer works with the Brave browser. The search box won't accept text.
I'll stop using Brave on IOS when some other browser adblocker becomes available that works as well as firefox+ublockOrigin does on other platforms. Meanwhile, neither Brave nor the ad sellers and trackers make any money off me.
@artemesia @wonka @pluralistic
Have you tried #Vivaldi ?
I haven't used Brave for some time so not 100% up-to-date with it's blocking capabiliities but Vivaldi does have some Ad and Tracker blocking abilities (probably as much as Brave due to iOS Webkit requirements).
Worth a look anyway just to get rid of Brave.
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