Ugh. Fuck Google. I wish there were more companies investing in open street maps just to make it the best map software out there. Then we wouldn't have to rely on a corporation like Google that drops apps, services and features every year.
Not to mention all the tracking and privacy stuff.
Not sure why you got all the down votes here, as an educated society, wouldn't we want more competition and less monopoly as the world relies on this tech every day?
As much as people like to crow on and on about having choices, they don't actually like making choices. It's been the same with Linux, there's so much you can configure and change that you have to be proactive with your choices. It's why people gravitate to Apple simple interface where every decision has been made for you and the answer to wanting to change how the system works is met with "go fuck yourself".