Blub

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Cake day: June 19th, 2023

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  • Am from Malaysia and since the road and street is named using local language(bahasa malaysia), google now read out the full road name in terrible accent and pronunciation it took 3 or 4 times longer to finish an instruction readout, which in some case you will miss your turn. The instruction sometime couldn’t even fit on the UI because the road name is just so long. It also read out which lane you should take just for turning. Before the change i can easily navigate the confusing city of Kuala Lumpur because the instruction is clear and concise, now i have to fight with the instruction because 3rd quarter of the time it’s a language i can’t recognise due to the terrible pronunciation.

    Ohh did i mention the ads? They found a way to sneak ads into navigation. Now if you want to turn left 500m ahead, instead of telling you “turn left” , they will tell you to turn left after “xyz shop”. Now you will be looking for that shop instead of turn left. The app is maintained by techbros that never drive







  • Free meal ain’t just for your kids, it’s for everyone ESPECIALLY poor kids. To them it might be the only normal meal of the day. If you don’t want your kids to eat what they serve, maybe you should fight for free meal that can be opt out, instead of dismiss the whole thing. I’m pretty sure whoever wrote the law and the school will be happy to feed one less mouth.