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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] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

One of their last few products that was actually quite good. I bet gmail is next.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

What do you mean? Gmail been injecting ads disguised as email in your mailbox for ages.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I saw these on my wife's browser and was completely appalled. I am not receiving them for some reason, but I'm also running privacy badger and ublockO.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

To be fair, it only happens on the Promotions tab for me. They don't inject anything on my normal inbox (at least on PC).