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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] 144 points 4 months ago (13 children)

Is it too much to ask for an app that just does one single thing. Everything doesn't need to be an advertising platform.

[–] [email protected] 80 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

The only line I care about is the line that takes me from A to B

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