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Jesus, that is a gross way to inject advertising into turn-by-turn navigation.

Edit/update from 9to5google so this post does not spread what is apparently inaccurate information: https://9to5google.com/2024/07/08/google-maps-pop-up-quick-detour-ad/

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[–] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for this, I'm going to try this out on my way home. My main use for Gmaps is to determine the quickest way to and from work during peak hour, so keen to see how Magic Earth's traffic data compares.

[–] KISSmyOS@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

the quickest way to and from work during peak hour

Everyone is using Google for that, so on average, traffic on all alternative routes will level out quickly and it doesn't matter which one you choose.

[–] batshit@lemmings.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This assumes everyone has the same destination, which is rarely the case

[–] Ironfist@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

not really, not everybody has the same destination, but a lot of people need to go in the same direction at a given moment (thats why you are stuck in traffic in this situation).