Is it too much to ask
Are you willing to deliver them consequences if they don’t do it the way you want?
Comment on Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour
Luci@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Is it too much to ask for an app that just does one single thing. Everything doesn’t need to be an advertising platform.
ogmios@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Luci@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
I stopped using Google maps so I guess so
cyborganism@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Those AI electricity bills don’t pay for themselves.
Luci@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Yeah… we pay…
moontorchy@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Interesting to observe how our intuition is failing us while dealing with digital products. When someone gives you something for free on the street, naturally you get suspicious and start asking yourself “where is the catchm?” But when there’s a free app - no second thought. Everyone is using it so it must be ok. Well, Google and Facebook are nothing but glorified advertising agencies. The whole reason of their existence is to make money on ads.
ikidd@lemmy.world 4 months ago
But line no go up.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 4 months ago
Google is definitely turning into IBM where they just exist because of inertia and not because of anything they actually produce.
Luci@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
The only line I care about is the line that takes me from A to B