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.”
The picture suggests that there was an ad that suggested a stop at the sponsored gas station, if the user clicked on the suggestion / ad, then the route would be modified.
IMO that’s massively different than the detour being added by default. If they actually did / were doing that, it would be a huge scandal, but I don’t think that’s what’s happening here. Instead, it’s just an intrusive, annoying ad.
Your story doesn’t drive clicks though…
Damn monetization of *checks notes* Mastodon and Lemmy! Those communists are ruining everything!
Yeah, about 0% richer now compared with yesterday.
You’re right that this is not generating monetary gains
But it’s generating outrage towards Google when what you accuse them of doing isn’t the reality, that’s pretty disingenuous
Not defending Google as a whole, but let’s keep honest about the current developments
The day sponsored trips are the default is the day I’m dropping Maps
I see your point. I wanted to rely what someone else thought was interesting to share.
I’ve been tuning the title as other people here suggested improvements to it.
Apart from that, I didn’t see the advert/proposed alternative route nor put the ad in there, so I never will be able to reflect the absolute truth. However, echoing this other person experience might lead to others being aware of the possibility. I’d be interested to know if someone else sees something similar.
Here’s some Lemmy gold 🏆
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Might be. It’s indeed hard to tell by the picture, but the user seems to knows the place so I don’t know. What seems about right is the title is misleading so I’m going to change it.
The picture shows the “eco” route which is a setting you can turn on/off that selects gas saving routes even if they add some minutes to the trip
Please change “added a sponsored detour” to “proposed a sponsored detour” and it won’t be as misleading anymore
Thanks for the proposal!
Thanks for doing that.