Have you tried google search lately? It’s become borderline retarded.
Comment on Google maps adding sponsored detours
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Google surely cannot be that stupid. Early Aprils fools joke I presume.
lemmylommy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
bmsok@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This is literally one of a handful of times in my life where I will begrudgingly accept that word.
It doesn’t make me proud.
ShroOmeric@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’d give a hand for your optimism…
hellequin67@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Interestingly 28th Dec is el Día de los inocentes un Spain, they’re equivalent of April Fools, so it’s possible it’s that
dinckelman@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Given enough money, they’ll do anything
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They already have sponsored location pins for retail stores. Even if I don’t have a route active it shows me icons on the map for Chick-Fil-A and some outfit called “Homesense” I’ve never heard of before even though I never asked it to. Even if I’m zoomed out far enough that it’s not showing me POI pins for any other businesses I still see these. And they’re actual icons of the store’s logo, not just the usual generic fork-and-knife or shopping cart pins like other businesses get. So I guarantee you they’re getting paid to do that.