(IIRC) I used to have Waze installed on my tablet, then an update came in with a bunch of additional permission requirements and when I'd finished laughing hysterically at the harvester pods it wanted to unleash on my data, I uninstalled it. That's how it's funded. -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 29/6/16, Jouni Helminen <jouni.helmi...@canonical.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] An android confession To: gareth.fra...@cliftonts.co.uk Cc: "Ubuntu Phone" <ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net> Date: Wednesday, 29 June, 2016, 13:25 Waze on Android on the otherhand has has a makeover and is looking fantastic. It knew where I was right away with no delay whatsoever, plotted the route in a flash and all the things I need to be paying attention to such as speed cameras are nicely highlighted on screen. It now even tells you how long a traffic jam is and how far through it you are. It handles getting disconnected from the internet seamlessly and all you have to worry about is the driving. I would be intrigued to know how this free app is funded. I'm a firm believer though that anything that can be done, can be done better open source. This certainly sets the bar. Does anyone know if there are any outstanding gps issues either with touch or with unav itself right now? Waze was bought by Google for $1.3 billion. They crowdsource the traffic data, and it works quite well because they have so many users. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waze -----Inline Attachment Follows----- -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
