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Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour(www.androidauthority.com)

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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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Kokesh@lemmy.world
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I smell reVanced Gmaps coming soon…

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skizzles@lemmy.ml
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Waze works well also.

Edit: I’m getting a lot of down votes and just wanted to clarify that I have never seen an ad in Waze.

I 100% believe people saying there are a lot of ads. I think the way that I have my phone setup is why I’m not getting ads.

Will definitely have to look into the others mentioned here.

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maynarkh@feddit.nl
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Also owned by Google, so this change might make it over

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colforge@lemmy.world
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The article mentioned this ad format showed up in Waze first.

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seathru@lemmy.sdf.org
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Google appears to have borrowed this ad format from Waze, which has delivered similar ads for quite some time.

OsmAnd is getting there tho.

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camr_on@lemmy.world
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Waze has plenty of ads in it though

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skizzles@lemmy.ml
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Really? I’ve never actually noticed one.

Maybe because of the ad blocking stuff I use on my phone.

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