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Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour (www.androidauthority.com)

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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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[-] Sbuiko@lemmy.world 166 points 5 months ago

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Organic_Maps

[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 32 points 5 months ago

Does it have traffic data?

[-] infeeeee@lemm.ee 24 points 5 months ago

No.

The only OpenStreetMap based navigation app with live traffic data is Magic Earth. It's not foss, but gratis.

They get the traffic data from some third party, not by following their users like gmaps. That is the reason live traffic is only available in just some countries: https://www.magicearth.com/feature-availablity/#hd_traffic

[-] Salix@sh.itjust.works 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They get the traffic data from some third party, not by following their users like gmaps.

https://www.magicearth.com/faq-en/

Do you share data with third parties?

We send position data to our traffic provider to generate real-time traffic information. The data is anonymized on the phone, using a changing key (so it's not linked to you), and it is deleted after 5 minutes.

They have a good privacy policy though. I haven't really had many issues with their app.

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