Your opinion is incorrect - it was possible to save home, work etc without agreeing to "Search & Web History" until a few months ago. Google had to add new flows on the save buttons to get this opt in from users. Anyway, there is no logical reason to need Search & Web History to store a couple of map labels.
The real impact the team was looking for was building better advertising profiles on users.
The real impact the team was looking for was building better advertising profiles on users.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18070183