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

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[-] foggy@lemmy.world 142 points 5 months ago

I will 100% uninstall when I see this.

Their analytics need to see how little time it takes me to uninstall. I'll fucking pull over and uninstall mid trip. I am a psycho against ads. I'll call the AG and say it caused me to get in an accident.

Fuck ads. Fuck any company that forces them down your throat.

Fuck. Ads.

Fuck. I'm mad now.

[-] jaspersgroove@lemm.ee 66 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

My brother in arms! lol

Was just having a conversation last week when the subject of roadside billboards came up, the other guy says to me that he reads every single one of them when he’s driving. I tell him when I look at billboards the only think I think about is how much fun it would be to cut them down and set them on fire. Dude looked at me like I had a dick growing out of my forehead.

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 60 points 5 months ago

I live in the lovely state of Vermont where billboards are fucking illegal. 😍

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[-] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 21 points 5 months ago

I can't say that I can agree with you more.

A new bright as FUCK billboard was put up on a frequent road I travel. I want it GONE and the people responsible for it to just die.

It's seriously a hazard at night...

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago

This screens fade so fast.

Call them up and say it's already looking dimmer. Repeat monthly. You could gaslight them into thinking it's dying fast. And those things aren't cheap.

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[-] pukeko@lemm.ee 12 points 5 months ago

So, when we drive up to Georgia or South Carolina from Florida, there's a point on I-75 where the Jesus billboards come out. Many of them are the usual "Babies have heartbeats" variety, but there's also the following:

"Have you decided yet ... Jesus" which we always render in an exasperated voice, aka "OMG have you decided yet? Jesus!"
"Go ahead, let go. I'll catch you - Jesus" which we always respond to with "WTF Jesus just reach down and grab me, you're RIGHT THERE!"
"Jesus is in control" with mysterious Russian tanks and American soldiers.
Zombies and Jesus for ... reasons.

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

Totally feel that. I will go to extreme lengths to avoid ads.

[-] MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Brothers from another mother.. I fight ads daily ..... Been pretty lucky I stay away from TV. They keep trying, really all it's done lately is forced me to go foss for most of my apps.

[-] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

My Brothers / Sisters from other misters, I have been successfully avoiding ads for around 2/3 years and wow, no regrets. Talk about a war worth fighting, life is better without. This new in-navigation ad felt specifically made for folk like us, who are almost unreachable for marketing. I did some FOSS car navigation today. Bye Gmaps :)

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[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 8 points 5 months ago

I'm not even against ads, because their little blurbs about a mcdonalds nearby on the map - eh. fine.

This shit though, that pops up and distracts me while I'm driving? Nah fuck that, I'll get rid of google maps over it

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Yep. I might buy a fucking beater vehicle just to insure and subsequently softly careen into a boulder as soon as that shit occurs.

Make Google fucking liable for forcing content on me. Fuck them.

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[-] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 53 points 5 months ago

Nice. And then soon it'll be "watch this add to take the fastest route".

Then "subscribe for an add free experience" without subscription you get the add, as well as navigation that requires you to drive to a detoured location and take a picture of said location before continuing on to your destination (or yet another detour add, if the trip is long enough).

Look at us, peak civilization here.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 50 points 5 months ago

don't forget 3 years later when the subscription isn't profitable enough, so they start injecting ads into the paid subscribers as well.

[-] thejml@lemm.ee 30 points 5 months ago

Or when they complain that not enough people are using it so they relaunch it as “Google Roads”.

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 5 months ago

"Google roads"->"road maps"->"Google directions"->"Google maps"

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 11 points 5 months ago

Promptly killing off the old version

[-] Archelon@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Please drink your confirmation can now

[-] njordomir@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

The map in my head will be deemed content theft because it cuts into Google's profits.

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 47 points 5 months ago

You want hotel? Yes. I take you. My brother hotel, very good. Very clean. No worry booking, you cancel. Brother hotel best. Good area. Lots of shops. Good for tourist.

First you need food, no? I take you restaurant. My cousin work. Very good, very cheap. No one know, can't find unless you with me, I know. Very popular. Very good, very close to hotel. Less than one hour. Few minutes only.

...

"Is this the way to your cousin's restaurant?"

Before eat must visit orphanage. Poor, starving, hungry orphans. Very sad if you not come. You come and see. Very happy children, you happy. Very poor. Think car like this rich! Haha! Think phone like you have very rich ha! But no worry, they not steal. Very good orphan. My uncle teach very good. Best behave. Very nice children, but very poor. No food every week. No parents.

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 11 points 5 months ago

(part II)

"Please, just take me to the hotel on my booking."

Yes yes, I take you to hotel. Nice hotel. After eat.

"So we go to eat now?"

Yes yes. After see orphans. You want not make orphans sad? They sleep early. Cant visit later.

"No- Yes- I mean, we can't visit the orphans now. Maybe another day. Please take me to this hotel."

Oh, that hotel very bad. No give tips to driver. Road very bumpy. Bad for car. Must pay extra for car damage. You no worry! I take you good place! Orphan manager know very good place, very close. I ask him.

"No! Can't you take me directly where I asked you?"

Oh, you want premium subscription? Premium subscription come with less advert, and 24h access to AI powered customer help line. Monthly subscription.

Monthly subscription not available in car. Only annual subscription.

"Fine. Here. Now, will you take me to this hotel. Now. Not after food. Not after orphans."

Thank you. I give you little discount. One month free.

Now we go orphanage. Direct service only available after minimum three month of subscription.

"Enough! Stop! Let me out, I'll find another taxi."

You want stop here? Now? This field? No hotel, no shop? What, you walk ten mile back to taxi rank?

"Damn you, technical debt!"

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

(part III)

"Taxi!! Good morning, please take me to this school."

Certainly. First we go to condom shop.

"What?! No! Why would I want that!"

How I know what you want? You tick, "no personalised ads." So I not personalise.

"Take me to this school, directly. No detours. No adverts. And you will take Republic credits."

What, you think you're some sort of Jedi?

[-] technomad@slrpnk.net 38 points 5 months ago

I'd like to use this opportunity to promote Organic Maps, yet again

[-] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 8 points 5 months ago

+1, also recommend StreetComplete alongside it. Makes it easy to add data to OSM, in many cases (parks, etc) this data can be made extremely detailed.

For instance, my first use case was adding house numbers around my neighborhood to OSM, because I couldn't search for my address on Organic Maps

[-] fatboy93@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

Does this support Android Auto? That's the only reason I use maps.

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[-] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 37 points 5 months ago

Well, guess I need to look into more Google alternatives. OpenStreetMaps most likely.

[-] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 5 months ago

While not FOSS, the closest thing we have to a drop-in replacement would be Magic Earth. It uses openstreetmap data, supports fully offline usage, has satellite images (only online though) and best of all, no tracking or telemetry.

[-] twistypencil@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

It's it better than organic maps?

[-] thepreciousboar@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago

It has a better car navigation interface and some nice features like traffic amd live events data, but it really looks like it's update much, if any at all. Organic Maps is a little more barebone, but it constatly gets new features

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[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 5 months ago

People arent actually thaat tolerant to this cancer. If they arent careful people will switch.

OrganicMaps (or Osmand) is all i need usually. Search is kind of bad sometimes and obviously no live traffic data, but if you dont drive a car, the latter one at least is irrelevant.

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 7 points 5 months ago

I've tried Osmand and my only complaint is that you need to tap and access too many menus to set up and/or exit navigation mode. Last time I tried it was last year, not sure if that's changed

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[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago

Profit-seeking has ruined innovation and killed us all.

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 9 points 5 months ago

What do you mean? Can't you see all those innovations in the ads and tracking industry?

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[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 20 points 5 months ago

Dear Google glitterati,

Are you actually wanting us to touch our phone while the car is on? This is a huge penalty in some regions, after all.

Tell me more about how smart you all are.

[-] lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Sorry can't hear you over all this money money money

[-] Cornpop@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

Apple Maps is great now. Fuck google maps I never use it anymore.

[-] kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 11 points 5 months ago

i have noticed too, apple maps is absolutely superior to google. when we are navigating somewhere with gf, she uses apple maps with no issues while i can't find shit with google maps...can't remember this being a problem in the past.

[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago

Ehhhhh I think Apple Maps is hit or miss depending on your area. In urban centers? I think Apple Maps gives superior directions.

In more rural areas? I think Google wins.

I haven’t tested out incident avoidance with Apple Maps as I haven’t used it since it guided me to the wrong address three years ago..

Maybe it’s worth a second try

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[-] nothingcorporate@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

Reminder that you can turn off auto updates in the play store settings.

Also Magic Earth and Here We Go are decent alternatives.

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[-] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Google ruined their search and is now onwards to the other remaining working products. They are so dumb.

[-] Michal@programming.dev 12 points 5 months ago

This is the worst example of enshittification I've seen from Google. I think it's time to start considering iPhone.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 months ago

That's where you went?

There's Google maps on the cryphone as well.

Just go get openstreetmaps.

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[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

No.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

There should be an nonprofit organization that specifically posts ads for a service that helps eradicate ads and connects with legal services to sue over billboards it whatever you can do to purge them. IDK pass ordinances or something. Just an organized crusade against ads and its own ads purely telling people how to find the resources to help purge ads.

It's not meant to be a sustainable business, but since it's basically whack-a-mole, it paradoxically would be.

[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago

Weirdly The Most Infuriating Part Of This Story For Me Was The Twitter Post Someone Wrote Entirely Like This

[-] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'd really hate if they fuck up Maps since there are no alternatives on the same level but since it's the last of their services I depend on, I could degoogle for good.

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[-] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Alright, what's the next best navigation app to switch to if they actually pull this shit?

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 10 points 5 months ago

I've been playing with Organic Maps. It's not... perfect. But it's a contender I'd say

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