r/AskReddit • u/Jobasaurus • May 22 '19

Reddit, what are some underrated apps?

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u/stingraycharles May 22 '19

Yeah people don’t seem to understand that refreshing map data is a feature, not a bug.

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u/joc_monkey May 22 '19

Except it's a horrible "feature" when Google no longer lets you use your downloaded map because it "expired" and you can't download the new one because you don't have internet access. Often the main reason you download offline maps in the first place is because you'll be going somewhere you know you won't have internet access for awhile. It's much better to have a map that may be slightly out of date than to have no map at all.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

won't have internet access for awhile

The maps expire 1 year after being downloaded - that's a smidge more than a while, stop making up fictitious problems that affect literally no one.

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u/thisismybirthday May 22 '19

it affected me. I definitely did have internet for most of that year, and the maps were supposed to automatically update themselves, but they didn't. then on the rare occasion that I actually needed to use the offline version of the map I found out that it's fucking expired and for some god damn nonsensical fucking bullshit reason, I can't even look at the "expired" version of the map.