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User reports Google Maps proposed a sponsored detour to a trip (paquita.masto.host)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Original toot in Spanish says: "OK, so I need some alternatives to Google Maps, because I just decided seconds ago to stop using it after I got proposed a trip with a completely unnecessary detour which adds two extra minutes just because it pass by a gas station that sponsors this trip."

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[–] danielf 1 points 10 months ago

I hope these ads push people over the edge to try better alternatives.

They won't, but I hope.

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