Pedantic: You mean Y-axis, right? Technically, neither start at zero but I think you meant Y based on context.

I assumed it was an attempt to mask videos from automatic copyright scanners. Like, the software couldn’t recognize the video as being copyrighted material if the sound was very different from the original audio.

IYKYK

It may just be a difference in use case. I don’t use navigation apps for my daily and local trips. I use navigation when I’m going to be driving hundreds of miles to a new location and don’t already know how to get there.

If your primary goal is finding out how to get from A to B and not caring about the very fastest way to get from A to B right now, then you don’t need traffic data.

Tupoah Country Tribune is a satirical site. The picture you linked is about halfway down this article:

https://knowyourmeme.com/news/the-hawk-tuah-girl-getting-fired-from-her-preschool-teaching-job-is-a-rumor-thats-spreading-online

https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/hawk-tuah-girl

Know Your Meme says the firing is a false rumor. I don’t even know that she works at a preschool… because I have not and will not research that… because I am lazy.