I get that it’s a ‘free’ product, but ugh.
Yes, he/everyone understands that now lol.
Comment on Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months agoIt is by no means free tho. They are making lots of money from selling your location data and furthering their market dominance by forcing it on everyone by default
blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Jako301@feddit.de 4 months ago
They get that same location data with or without maps. As long as you are using stock android, Google knows exactly where you’ve been even if you enable airplane mode. They get your position with WiFi networks and other phones around you and store that data with timestamps. Maps doesn’t give them any extra data, it simply binds you into their ecosystem.