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.

  • HessiaNerd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

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

      • SOB_Van_Owen@lemm.eeEnglish
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        4 months ago

        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.

        • Jojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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          4 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@lemmings.worldEnglish
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          4 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.