No? I've never seen any ads on Google Maps, though this might be a local thing. I suspect this is different in the US where "consumer rights" gets you a fine for speaking such communist propaganda?

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 3 points 13 hours ago

It shows little popup logos on the screen where the places are located, like a McDonald's logo a few street over as you are driving by in your commute. I had it show me a Toyota logo for a Toyota dealership yesterday. Like, why do I need to know there's a Toyota dealership there unless I'm specifically searching for it? Toyota probably paid them to show up a certain amount of times.

[–] ZMoney@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

To illistrate this, I just typed "restaurants" in Google Maps in downtown Prague and the first result was an ad for KFC (it looked like a real result but it said "sponsored" on top). But I do have a US phone.

[–] kalpol@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

The play store itself is doing the same thing. Sponsorrd crappy apps above the one I actually entered