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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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[–] H0neyc0mb@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago (12 children)

PSA: Apple Maps used to suck badly but now it's way better than Google Maps.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

~~The only thing Apple Maps lacks now is a Waze-like ability to report hazards, speed-traps, road closures etc.~~ apparently that’s been a thing for a few years now, thanks!

I’ll have to check it out where I am, but I have a feeling that there might not be a big enough active user base to sufficiently crowd source the datapoints.. I guess, be the change you want to see in the world!

[–] benark@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can report hazards, speed checks, and crashes in Apple Maps.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/105024

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

Huh, TIL - thanks!

I’ve updated my original comment to reflect this.

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