▲ 320 ▼ Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour (www.androidauthority.com) submitted 2 years ago by scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 90 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech [S] 50 points 2 years ago (1 child) don't forget 3 years later when the subscription isn't profitable enough, so they start injecting ads into the paid subscribers as well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thejml@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago (2 children) Or when they complain that not enough people are using it so they relaunch it as “Google Roads”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 years ago "Google roads"->"road maps"->"Google directions"->"Google maps" permalink fedilink source parent [–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech [S] 11 points 2 years ago Promptly killing off the old version permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thejml@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago (2 children) Or when they complain that not enough people are using it so they relaunch it as “Google Roads”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 years ago "Google roads"->"road maps"->"Google directions"->"Google maps" permalink fedilink source parent [–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech [S] 11 points 2 years ago Promptly killing off the old version permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 years ago "Google roads"->"road maps"->"Google directions"->"Google maps" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech [S] 11 points 2 years ago Promptly killing off the old version permalink fedilink source parent