Comment by SamPatt
2 days ago
It's a valid question.
My guess is the actual objection is the artificial feeling of the Google specific information. It cannot possibly be useful in any other context to know what the Street View car in Bermuda looked like when they did their coverage.
Whereas knowing about vegetation or architecture feels more generally useful. I think it's a valid point, but you're right that it is all down to memorization at some point.
Though some memorization is "vibes" where you don't specifically know how you know, but you just do. That only comes with repetition. I guess it feels more earned that way?
It's not only about usefulness. People play gg recreationally to fantasize about being in those places, so of course real world knowledge is where the fun is. Camera meta is a turn off.