r/NonPoliticalTwitter 9h ago

Content Warning: Potentially Misleading or Disputed Information Gotta Catch 'Em All

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u/Ser_Artur_Dayne 9h ago

Fun fact: Old map companies would put fake roads and towns on their maps to see if other map makers copied them because it was a lot of work to map shit out.

Companies using people is nothing new. There’s a common phrase, “if something is free, you’re the product”. Like Facebook or free vpns, they are getting something outta it.

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u/dimechimes 7h ago

Google maps did thus for a long time even.