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  • UnspecificGravity@piefed.socialtoRetroGaming@lemmy.world...is this retro?
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    23 hours ago

    Yes. that is why smartphones replaced integrated navigation about 15 years ago. It’s OK that you were a late adopter, but that doesn’t change what happened. I was happily using google maps to navigate with my phone on a little holder on the dash and actively making fun of people like you by 2010.

    It was actually kind of funny to have better navigation and a better stereo in my 1993 Ford Ranger with a quarter million miles on it than dumbasses that bought new cars in 2010.



  • Not in terms of navigating a city, which have had universal coverage since the flip phone days.

    Also, just an FYI: GPS has had global coverage since the 1970s and doesn’t require a cell signal at all.

    Smart phone advancements have been incremental since they were released, very little had changed in terms of basic functionality. The biggest difference is that you can listen to music while your getting navigated now.