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User reports Google Maps proposed a sponsored detour to a trip (paquita.masto.host)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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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[โ€“] ad_on_is@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Even if this isn't true, as some here suggest, it still points to an idea that might or might not come to Google Maps in the future. What would prevent them from suggesting multiple routes, where the first route is an advertised one, and we'd have to explicitly scroll a few pixels down to get to the non-advertised one. It's the same with the Google search results.

So, we should really think of an alternative before it's too late.

[โ€“] elfio@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

IMO this is the main take.

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