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

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    Who The Fuck Types In Sentence Case All The Time Like This?

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          It’s not true. We write nouns with a capital letter, not every word. It’s kind of important because sometimes verbs can be expressed as nouns. It’d be confusing to read. It’s generally nicer to read with capitalized (?) nouns.

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    I’ve been wanting to leave the Google ecosystem for years but Maps was always the thing that kept me there. Thanks Google for freeing me at last!

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    I dont know if i can keep using google stuff if this is the way they are going.

    Why does everything have to be a fucking advert.

    Who even likes adverts?

    Just fuck off.

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      I have been using Kagi as an alternative search engine for over a month now and can’t see me going back to Google anytime soon. Googles results are just full of adverts and garbage.

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      Google expected infinite growth in a finite system. Now that the growth is slowing they are trying to increase yield from their current pool of resources instead.

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        Why dont these companies accept theybarent worth as much any more and just provide less services until they balance off.

        The stuff they cant afford to provide could be taken on by someone else. Being a one company does all type master of none sort of thing is clearly bad for society and the economy.

        I dont really know what im talking about but i just dont get why they see losses and an end to growth but take the position of “we need to find a way to keep this going” instead of “we need to sell off things until our company is making money again, even if its less money”

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          In the US everyone just wants to see the line go up, they don’t care how it happens. They are beholdent to a corrupt and inept class of disconnected aristocrats that don’t know their face from their ass

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    I’ve been getting a lot of ‘suggested’ locations and sponsored pop ups in Google Maps the few weeks. I get that it’s a ‘free’ product, but ugh. My GPS while I’m driving down the highway is one of those things that really, really needs to be clutter-free.

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      Google doesn’t give a shit if you live or die, so long as their corporate partners at Shell Oil and Sheets checks clear

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      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

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        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.

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        I know. I’d assume everyone on Lemmy knows. That’s why I said ‘free’ in scare quotes and not free.

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          Oh I didn’t notice the quotes lol that’s what I get for being tired on a Monday ☠️

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    Not to defend Google, but it seems unclear right now if this is something that will happen while driving, or similar to something Waze already does.

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      In Virginia, at least, it’s not a meaningful distinction.

      There used to be an exception for GPS, but the state changed the law a few years ago so that any non-hands-free use of a phone in a non-parked is a ticketable offense. Swiping away an ad at a red light would technically be illegal.

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          Anecdotal, but a friend of mine was ticketed for it within the first week it went into effect. She (understandably) assumed that being stopped at a stop light was acceptable. That said, I’m not aware of any enforcement since then and wouldn’t be surprised if they deliberately only enforced it right after it took effect.

          Still wouldn’t risk it, though.

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      Waze has popped up ads on me plenty of times while I’m driving. Yes it knows I’m driving, the map is still scrolling along my route. At one point it was bad enough that the ads were remaining after every stop light, and finally clearing about half way to the next light. I haven’t seen it happen in awhile though, maybe they finally got it fixed.

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      I’m honestly surprised it’s taken them this long. They bought Waze in 2013. I feel like Waze has been doing this kind of ad for at least that long.

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      Same, I wonder if there would be any way to report it to the state AG, maybe some pressure to ban it could hit google

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    Is it too much to ask for an app that just does one single thing. Everything doesn’t need to be an advertising platform.

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      Is it too much to ask

      Are you willing to deliver them consequences if they don’t do it the way you want?

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        Google is definitely turning into IBM where they just exist because of inertia and not because of anything they actually produce.

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        The only line I care about is the line that takes me from A to B

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      Interesting to observe how our intuition is failing us while dealing with digital products. When someone gives you something for free on the street, naturally you get suspicious and start asking yourself “where is the catch?” But when there’s a free app - no second thought. Everyone is using it so it must be ok. Well, Google and Facebook are nothing but glorified advertising agencies. The whole reason of their existence is to make money on ads. Edited: typos.

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    Apple Maps sure had a rough start back in the day, but I will always use that over Google/Waze. It’s just so much better now and no worries about this type of junk.

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      Apple Maps fuckin sucked ass at first, now it hasn’t failed me in years.

      You’re completely right. I won’t use any other map thing now.

      RIP MapQuest

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    The moment this starts happening to me, I’m going to start giving every single sponsored stop I see a 1 star review.

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      Excellent idea. I give gas stations that play lots video ads one star and don’t go back. I give placed that ask for a tip when I do a to go order 1 star as well

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      I get the feeling, but if the business has no say in getting recommended, aren’t you just punishing businesses that may not even know this program exists? That would suck for very small businesses.