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.
Comment on Google maps adding sponsored detours
merc@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
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.
elfio@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
criticon@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
wkk@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Please change “added a sponsored detour” to “proposed a sponsored detour” and it won’t be as misleading anymore
elfio@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Thanks for the proposal!
merc@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Thanks for doing that.
oxf@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Your story doesn’t drive clicks though…
merc@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Damn monetization of *checks notes* Mastodon and Lemmy! Those communists are ruining everything!
elfio@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Yeah, about 0% richer now compared with yesterday.
wkk@lemmy.world 5 months ago
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
elfio@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
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.
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Here’s some Lemmy gold 🏆