Hey Hey Hey!
We just went to the MapQuest website vie our cell phone, just to see how this website MapquestOriginal.blogspot.com looked.
Well much to our surprise MapQuest still doesn't get it. The get it fact is that MapQuest needs to be more user friendly.
Long ago MapQuest changed their format from user friendly and free to what many Mapquesters* deemed un-user friendly but still free.
We personally like the option to turn off cookies and to not allow third party companies to track our every move online. Some websites make it very hard to turn off cookies or third party tracking companies.
We just tried to turn off cookies and third party tracking, but it was very difficult and we were not sure if it actually worked.
Well it seems that the problem from above was that we were using a VPN, a virtual private network that masks a users location and internet address. Our VPN shows that we were located in Europe, and Europe has different internet protocols and usage rules. In Europe you are given the option of turning off a websites cookies and third party trackers, but in the USA you're not even made aware of these options. To the best of our knowledge, this is how we think it works, we're not experts.
Once we turned the VPN off we were able to access Mapquest without giving any type of cookie or third party tracking/monitoring consent, we presume we have to accept cookie and third party trackers unless you go into your browser settings and disable or change the settings.
My neighbor says she doesn't care who tracks her or who spies on her, she just uses everything with no worries or concern. I wish I could be that way, but alas I can not, I don't like snooping, spying, companies who profit off of my info.
FYI~ Mapquest is still the best for Maps and Directions!!!
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