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Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 31 points 2 years ago (5 children)

PSA: Apple Maps used to suck badly but now it's way better than Google Maps.

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    OpenStreetMaps clients also works and are available everywhere

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Bought iPhone last year.

    Tried Apple Maps the first week.

    Put in address to friend’s new condo building.

    Took me to a parking lot behind a grocery store next to the building, and then acted like I could drive through an old wooden fence to get to the condos.

    5/10 I only had to drive to the other end of the block to find the only entrance to the property.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    At one point Google Maps moved my whole apartment building/address three streets from where it should be. It was wrong for months even though I reported it when I had to keep telling delivery people that got misdirected because they used it to navigate. Anecdotal evidence etc.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I’m sorry but as long as Apple Maps rely on and force you to install the Yelp app for reviews, I’m never using it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    They’re moving away from that, only using Yelp for backfill when they have no data. There is instead a “thumbs up/down” set of buttons (because the 5-star system is uselessly Boolean anyway). Contribute to the ecosystem by rating places using this, and eventually it will reach parity with Google.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    The only thing Apple Maps lacks now is a Waze-like ability to report hazards, speed-traps, road closures etc. apparently that’s been a thing for a few years now, thanks!

    I’ll have to check it out where I am, but I have a feeling that there might not be a big enough active user base to sufficiently crowd source the datapoints.. I guess, be the change you want to see in the world!

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