I fuckin’ signed in to YouTube with my existing account damn it
They don’t even pretend it’s for security reasons and just admit it’s for ads 🤣
They use it for Google Maps as a pin. Nothing new, and not particularly weird either. You can just skip it and not tell them.
It’s been doing this for over a decade. It’s used by maps to create automatic pins for home and work, for easier routing (and profit if course).
What kind of bullshit is this?
God, I dislike Google so much. Funny to remember that once their motto used to be, “Do no evil.” Ha, good times.
There’s a shit ton of new regulations and they’re probably trying to figure out what filters and shit to apply to which viewers
This was fun when my business address was some office I’d never been to.
9876 rode st., vilij, provençe 012345
Use Google’s address.
Puts: 123 Fake St
Use Google’s address.
With your phone they already know it and where you are in every moment, if you don’t desactivate GPS.