My quality of life would decrease significantly without Google Maps. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. are distracting fluff, but navigation is the killer app.
I live in Chicago. Google Maps knows when the bus is coming, and which buses to take to get somewhere quickly. I don't have to plan very far ahead or keep to a strict schedule to make certain trains, since I know I can just pull out my phone and figure out a reasonable way to get home when it's time.
As a student from another city, I have only enough understanding of the geography to read Google Maps critically - for the details, it's indispensable.
Just uninstalling Facebook might be a nice middle route though.
I live in Chicago. Google Maps knows when the bus is coming, and which buses to take to get somewhere quickly. I don't have to plan very far ahead or keep to a strict schedule to make certain trains, since I know I can just pull out my phone and figure out a reasonable way to get home when it's time.
As a student from another city, I have only enough understanding of the geography to read Google Maps critically - for the details, it's indispensable.
Just uninstalling Facebook might be a nice middle route though.