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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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[–] ilickfrogs@lemmy.world 108 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Damn Google be speed running how quickly they can make me replace all their services. Google Maps and Youtube are about the only 2 I still use.

[–] HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 67 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They used to have a reputation for employing smart people... Dumbass middle managers took over a while back and started making the stupidest decisions.

[–] LavenderDay3544 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's what happens when MBAs start to weasel their way into any business.

[–] SOB_Van_Owen@lemm.ee 30 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Heard someone assert that MBA's have ruined the world. Seemed a hyperbolic statement at the time. Though casting my eyes around an ever more enpoopified landscape, it's tough to disagree.

[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago

Having taken some "Business for IT" courses.... It's buzzwords all the way down. The buzzwords are defined with buzzwords that are defined with buzzwords that...

[–] LavenderDay3544 2 points 10 months ago

MBA are stupid people who think they're intelligent. I have my M.S. in CS earned summa cum laude and some of these business idiots think their grad degree was even remotely as difficult as mine.

[–] Takios@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 10 months ago

Same thing that happened at Boeing.

[–] Magnolia_@lemmy.ca 0 points 10 months ago

Revanced on my android.