Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour
Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour
Google Maps is testing a new ad format that gives users the option to add a stop for a sponsored location during navigation.
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How does one of the largest and richest Sillicon Valley companies of all time still resort to this type of behavior?
If it was a fledgling startup that desperately needed the money or else they went bankrupt then I would understand. But google?
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What're you gonna do, stop using Google Maps?
Yes.
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Because, they don't know they can. With alternatives based like Open street maps.
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A mix of that and also tech literacy. Most people don't even know you have some choice in web browsers.
Line has to go up is the answer. So must find ways to make more money.