Google Maps is testing a new ad format that gives users the option to add a stop for a sponsored location during navigation.

Jesus, that is a gross way to inject advertising into turn-by-turn navigation.

  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    6 months ago

    It is by no means free tho. They are making lots of money from selling your location data and furthering their market dominance by forcing it on everyone by default

    • Jako301@feddit.deEnglish
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      6 months ago

      They get that same location data with or without maps. As long as you are using stock android, Google knows exactly where you’ve been even if you enable airplane mode. They get your position with WiFi networks and other phones around you and store that data with timestamps. Maps doesn’t give them any extra data, it simply binds you into their ecosystem.