I agree with you, somewhat. For me, the crux of the problem lies in the fact that, in the case of many new technologies (like Google Maps) we are giving up control of the tools that are supposed to help us work through the world.

Google is nice. Google maps is nice. Google maps is also not mine in the same way that a paper map is. It is dependent on the smooth operation not only of Google but also of my cell phone and if one of those things does not work then suddenly my map disappears.

We've always been interdependent as a society but something shifted when we moved from the ability to have things physically to only having copies of them (or access to them) digitally. Too much of my life at this point now has access to it controlled by large corporate gatekeepers. Like the way I lose access to a large portion of my library if I get rid of Amazon Kindle. Or the way I cut myself off from a large segment of my social network and interactions with old friends if I get rid of Facebook (which I did).

So there's a couple problems there. One is that, since there are a lot of these things I don't have any more, I can't guarantee that they'll be around if I need them. It is no longer dependent only on my choices; it is also dependent on the choices of a corporate entity a long way away from me. For now, those corporate entities are mostly stable and at least somewhat benign. For an example of how easily that can suddenly not be the case, the way that Russia purchased LiveJournal and all its user data to hunt down and imprison dissidents is a great example.

Second, since so many simple, basic functions in my life (like navigating with a map) are now dependent on corporations, those corporations have a way of leveraging basic activities in my life to force me into their orbit so they can pitch sleazy and irritating ads, or harvest data on other parts of my life, etc...

Anyhow, that's what's been rankling me, lately. So many basic things in life (like using a map) now require me to trust corporations that I simply don't trust, because they have repeatedly shown themselves to be untrustworthy.