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User reports Google Maps proposed a sponsored detour to a trip (paquita.masto.host)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by elfio@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Original toot in Spanish says: "OK, so I need some alternatives to Google Maps, because I just decided seconds ago to stop using it after I got proposed a trip with a completely unnecessary detour which adds two extra minutes just because it pass by a gas station that sponsors this trip."

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[-] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

The one big draw of Google maps for me is the real-time traffic info. I don't think that anything else had the ability to gather the same amount of info (except maybe Apple?)

[-] w2tpmf@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Waze. Google Maps literally gathers a large part of it's traffic real time data from Waze (which they also own).

[-] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Maybe, but I suspect that Waze has a small fraction of the gmaps user base, so if it has compatible traffic info, it's because it draws on Google's data.

[-] w2tpmf@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Google pulls from Waze, but Waze isn't allowed to pull data from Google.

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