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> It's because it's designed to be used in Directions mode with location services enabled, and only in Directions mode with location services enabled.

If you don't provide a source for this, I'm going to call bullshit.

Screenshot of desktop Google Maps without sign-in: http://prnt.sc/d4j744

Screenshot of Android Google Maps without sign-in: http://prnt.sc/d4jwdy

Both look full of street names to me.

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Here you go!

https://www.justinobeirne.com/essay/what-happened-to-google-...

it was on HN a few months ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11604387

The maps on the right in this article are a pretty good approximation to what I get on my last and current phones. It only touches briefly on street names and other labels but the dramatic reduction is clearly visible.

taneq was saying that Google Maps now shows very few street names, but your link doesn't talk about street names, and is about city names instead.

(Disclosure: I work for Google, on unrelated stuff.)

You should read all the article.

I have Location turned off on my phone and have had Location History by Google turned off for ages. Google Maps on my Galaxy S6 looks like the desktop screenshot.

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