Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour (Update)
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Google Maps is testing a new ad format that gives users the option to add a stop for a sponsored location during navigation.
  • @ilickfrogsEnglish
    108•1 month ago

    Damn Google be speed running how quickly they can make me replace all their services. Google Maps and Youtube are about the only 2 I still use.

    • @HessiaNerdEnglish
      67•1 month ago

      They used to have a reputation for employing smart people… Dumbass middle managers took over a while back and started making the stupidest decisions.

        • @[email protected]English
          30•1 month ago

          Heard someone assert that MBA’s have ruined the world. Seemed a hyperbolic statement at the time. Though casting my eyes around an ever more enpoopified landscape, it’s tough to disagree.

          • Jojo, Lady of the WestEnglish
            5•1 month ago

            Having taken some “Business for IT” courses… It’s buzzwords all the way down. The buzzwords are defined with buzzwords that are defined with buzzwords that…

          • @[email protected]English
            1•1 month ago

            MBA are stupid people who think they’re intelligent. I have my M.S. in CS earned summa cum laude and some of these business idiots think their grad degree was even remotely as difficult as mine.