Uber booking has been removed from Google Maps for Android
Google Maps can no longer be used to book an Uber on Android. It brings the app in line with the iOS version, which lost the feature last summer, as noted by Android Police.
Google has had the ability to show price estimates and pickup wait times for ride-sharing apps for a while. Back in January 2017, Uber alone gained the ability to actually book rides in the Google Maps app by pulling up your account window and hailing your ride without ever leaving the app.
[...] It's not entirely clear why Google is removing the feature. For what it's worth, Alphabet's venture capital business has made a large investment in Lyft.
Also at Ars Technica and 9to5Google.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Monday June 18 2018, @11:09PM (10 children)
January Uber gets privileges.
October Lyft gets Alphabet Money
Not entirely clear? FacePalm!
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Monday June 18 2018, @11:15PM (2 children)
Post hoc non propter hoc est.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Tuesday June 19 2018, @01:50PM (1 child)
I thought you'd have written it in Greek, not Latin.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday June 19 2018, @07:43PM
Only Americans are monolingual.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Monday June 18 2018, @11:37PM
There's also the Uber v. Waymo fiasco, and Google slowly building up a fleet of Waymo autonomous cars.
At some point in the future, Google will probably add the same feature back in, except for its own Waymo driverless service, and maybe one of its other ridehailing partners.
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(Score: 4, Informative) by tftp on Tuesday June 19 2018, @12:12AM (5 children)
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 19 2018, @12:21AM
"No serious business wants to deal with this tar baby."
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Well said !
I'd rather hitchhike than use an Uber.
Fuck Uber and the unethical dishonest scum who are at the core of the mess at Uber. Uber IS going down, and deservedly.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 19 2018, @01:16AM (1 child)
Racism accusations because of the "tar baby" in 3, 2, 1, ... :)
(Score: 3, Touché) by kazzie on Tuesday June 19 2018, @01:52PM
Would you prefer a "gzip baby"?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 19 2018, @08:30AM (1 child)
Since when a corporation cares about morals?
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday June 19 2018, @10:18PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation [wikipedia.org]
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