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Jesus, that is a gross way to inject advertising into turn-by-turn navigation.

Edit/update from 9to5google so this post does not spread what is apparently inaccurate information: https://9to5google.com/2024/07/08/google-maps-pop-up-quick-detour-ad/

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 4 months ago (8 children)

The moment this starts happening to me, I’m going to start giving every single sponsored stop I see a 1 star review.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Tbh that kind of behavior will almost certainly be stopped automatically

[–] JackiesFridge 17 points 4 months ago

It'll be fun while it lasts.

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