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Google killed Maps Timeline, so I self-hosted a better one [OwnTracks]
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Yes, that's correct, Google didn't do it out of the goodness of their non-existent heart, they made what they think is the best financial decision.
It's a good one for the consumer though, whether see that or not. It's good that your every move ever taken is stored in a company's database.
Don't worry, they most certainly used it to train a decent model of any typical American demographics movements before scrubbing it.