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My kids played with it a few times on long drive to tell me where he spotted the police car(s), accidents, etc.

Kind of fun thing for your kids to do on a long drive. That might be why the cartoon like interface.

Like Pokemon Go, the constant network traffic + GUI interaction makes it huge battery drain. I deleted the app from my phone.

Google map's traffic info is very good. I suspect Google paid that much likely because potentially FB, MSFT or Amazon "might" get it and use it is a beach head to enter the Mobile Map App market. If that's the case, it is a very good play on Waze's part to get the high valuation.



>My kids played with it a few times on long drive to tell me where he spotted the police car(s)

There's something seriously wrong with society when both kids and their parents are working together to evade the police, and obviously have no respect for the police. And the problem isn't with the kids or their parents. Average citizens should not see their police as an enemy group generally working against their best interests.




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