What’s the difference between a generic business and local unique shops?

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Just going to leave these here about India, even though it’s really isn’t relevant to the topic:

From October 2023:

New Wayspots Coming to India

Hello Explorers, The Wayfarer Team, along with the rest of Niantic are incredibly invested in ensuring a good Niantic experience for all through the growth of our map. To do so, we will be adding additional Wayspots in India in the upcoming weeks. These Wayspots will begin to show up on our map as soon as November 1, 2023 and added in waves in the weeks to come. While these Wayspots won’t contain images, they will contain a Pokéstop image in Pokémon GO and a blank image in all other games in w…