Google has been atrocious all across Europe ever since Covid. They used to have (maybe still do?) this local guide thingy, but this empathetic contribution doesn’t feel good for a for profit company.
At one point Google developed a spam problem with map contributions, IIRC.
Some assholes worked out it was pretty profitable to (for example) create a '24 hour emergency locksmith' pins all over the country, with no real physical presence, then pass the business on to a real locksmith a few towns over, while taking a cut.
Once people find it's profitable to provide fake user contributions and you have to start policing them, I imagine the value of user contributions drops significantly...
