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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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[–] LordKitsuna 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yo chill dude, I'm 32. I'm allowed to want something that doesn't exist, I'm literally the one that said it doesn't exist. And I do accept there's no better solution, that was the point of my original message. There is no alternative to Google Maps. Sure I could go get TomTom or Garmin but then I'm just paying for an equivalent Google Maps experience. Which would just be me spending money for no reason, I have had a Garmin in the past it's a good GPS but I wouldn't say it's better than Google Maps so I don't feel it's worth the money.

It's also just another closed Garden system that has many of the same problems as Google Maps that I'm trying to get away from. Just because I have a desire for something better does not make me a child.

I'm not even going to bother addressing that insanely leap of logic you made to somehow compare this to voting and fascism