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> The gallery ads are part of an effort to make search results more visual. By distracting from legitimate results? Like others will say here, I finally switched to DDG earlier this week. It’s good enough and you get accustomed to doing a !g pretty quickly when needed.
Ugh, this is sad and clever at same time - during navigation screen is on all the time and one usually glances at route from time to time even if it is just "straight ahead" for couple of kilometers. Moreover ad will be potentially visible to all passengers as well.
The article has been corrected to reflect the fact that it doesn't include mobile site, only the app. Perhaps OP could edit their headline as well?
Does anyone have suggestions for an Android based alternative to Google Maps? (preferably open source, etc)
Does anyone have suggestions for an Android based alternative to Google Maps? (preferably open source, etc)
"In Maps, ads will now appear in recommended search queries, on routing pages and during navigation " Ugh, this is sad and clever at same time - during navigation screen is on all the time and one usually glances at route from time to time even if it is just "straight ahead" for couple of kilometers. Moreover ad will be potentially visible to all passengers as well.
"At Monument Dr. - just past the Starbucks where if you stop now you can get a piping hot Venti coffee for only $1.50 - make a right"
Unless I'm missing something, distractions whilst navigating (and thus possibly driving) seems like it could be dangerous.
"In Maps, ads will now appear in recommended search queries, on routing pages and during navigation " Ugh, this is sad and clever at same time - during navigation screen is on all the time and one usually glances at route from time to time even if it is just "straight ahead" for couple of kilometers. Moreover ad will be potentially visible to all passengers as well.
My thought was always that they were going to start using businesses as landmarks, aka: "At Monument Dr. - just past the Starbucks where if you stop now you can get a piping hot Venti coffee for only $1.50 - make a right"
I suspected it was a paid ad, but never knew for sure
> In Maps, ads will now appear [...] during navigation. Unless I'm missing something, distractions whilst navigating (and thus possibly driving) seems like it could be dangerous.
Why has nobody else mentioned this? This is how google's gonna either get slapped with lawsuits, find that folks switch and make openstreetmap.org suddenly usable, or even both.
Whoa.