ITT: when you get triggered by people getting triggered.
Priya Tew, a member of the Association of UK Dietitians said: "Although it is good to encourage people to walk more, having the calories used on Google Maps does not seem to be the best way to do this.
"Firstly it encourages competition, trying to burn more calories each day which could be triggering for some people who have a tendency to over-exercise. Secondly it could make people feel shamed that they have not walked far enough or burned enough calories.
"If people want to count their calories then they should be given the option to do this, rather than it being enforced."
That's in the OP. Seems reasonable. So Google removes it, instead of thinking about it and giving an option. That triggers the anti-backlash people. The initial tweet thread suggests to give an option. But google is like, fuck it. Fuck that feature, we'll remove it. Like they do commonly (like the dark themes I remember but got removed from 8.0.)
Anorexia is some of the most heart breaking disease you could witness. Google going all nuclear and just removing things, instead of engaging and adding an option, is the problem. Not that people want the mega corporation to listen and gave strong feedback.
Nor do I see anyone with good data this has a benefit. Are we arguing over a feature that we 'think' can help, or do we 'know' it will help?