Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGoogle Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detourwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1335arrow-down115cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1320arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detourwww.androidauthority.comScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square90fedilinkcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·1 year agodon’t forget 3 years later when the subscription isn’t profitable enough, so they start injecting ads into the paid subscribers as well.
minus-squarethejml@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·1 year agoOr when they complain that not enough people are using it so they relaunch it as “Google Roads”.
minus-squareTolookah@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year ago“Google roads”->“road maps”->“Google directions”->“Google maps”
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoPromptly killing off the old version
don’t forget 3 years later when the subscription isn’t profitable enough, so they start injecting ads into the paid subscribers as well.
Or when they complain that not enough people are using it so they relaunch it as “Google Roads”.
“Google roads”->“road maps”->“Google directions”->“Google maps”
Promptly killing off the old version