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Comment on Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour

ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Nice. And then soon it’ll be “watch this add to take the fastest route”.

Then “subscribe for an add free experience” without subscription you get the add, as well as navigation that requires you to drive to a detoured location and take a picture of said location before continuing on to your destination (or yet another detour add, if the trip is long enough).

Look at us, peak civilization here.

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scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
don’t forget 3 years later when the subscription isn’t profitable enough, so they start injecting ads into the paid subscribers as well.

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- thejml@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Or when they complain that not enough people are using it so they relaunch it as “Google Roads”.
  
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  - Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    “Google roads”->“road maps”->“Google directions”->“Google maps”
    
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  - scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Promptly killing off the old version
    
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njordomir@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The map in my head will be deemed content theft because it cuts into Google’s profits.

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Archelon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Please drink your confirmation can now

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