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0 pointstoss17y ago0 comments

Not OP, but I'd expect that it is because W3W is a basically a marketing campaign for a technology that doesn't actually solve a problem

(or, more precisely, solves one corner of a problem while destroying many much broader solutions)

Creating a knock-off that solves the OS problems still fails to recover from the broader problems that the W3W 'solution' provides zero ability to actually navigate without a continuous link to their server. A knock-off with better OS cred would still fail the same way.

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asow927y ago

OP reads as if their main issue is the lack of inherent openness. All I'm saying is make an open alternative if is really so bothering to OP.

toss1OP7y ago

Yes, I agree that the article spends waay too much print on the lack of openness, and too little on the fact that W3W is just a bad idea that solves nothing.

So, yes, if that was his only problem, he should definitely organize an open version. (it'd just be a bit less pointless)

BTW, did you see this? Somebody posted it above and it is hilarious - especially the Vision, Facts, etc pages...

http://www.what3fucks.com/

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