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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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[-] Freefall@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Google also notices a spike in Google searches for "alternative to Google maps"...ignores it.

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