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Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by flop_leash_973 to c/technology
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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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[–] HessiaNerd 67 points 5 months ago (2 children)

They used to have a reputation for employing smart people... Dumbass middle managers took over a while back and started making the stupidest decisions.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's what happens when MBAs start to weasel their way into any business.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Heard someone assert that MBA's have ruined the world. Seemed a hyperbolic statement at the time. Though casting my eyes around an ever more enpoopified landscape, it's tough to disagree.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Having taken some "Business for IT" courses.... It's buzzwords all the way down. The buzzwords are defined with buzzwords that are defined with buzzwords that...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

MBA are stupid people who think they're intelligent. I have my M.S. in CS earned summa cum laude and some of these business idiots think their grad degree was even remotely as difficult as mine.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Same thing that happened at Boeing.