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Family sues Google after Maps allegedly directed father off collapsed bridge (www.theguardian.com)

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Tech company faces negligence lawsuit after Philip Paxson died from driving off a North Carolina bridge destroyed years ago

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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

We had this years ago...

https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/03/gps-tracking-disaster-japanese-tourists-drive-straight-into-the-pacific

We do so much for stupid people that some times it feels like if we do any more, we'll lose our freedom and quality of life. There's always going to be outliers and we should just be impressed they made it as far as they did. We can't cater to them for everything.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

How are you going to lose freedom or quality of life if Google is forced to maintain its services and provide you with better information?