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Google to push new ads on its apps

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Re: Google to push new ads on its apps

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Post by foota »

bsamuels wrote: post #49
michaelbuckbee wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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"

They already do this; it's roughly in the form of: "take a left at sunset boulevard, right past the jack in the box". I suspected it was a paid ad, but never knew for sure

I believe they've stated these are not ads, but are strictly for navigation.

Re: Google to push new ads on its apps

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Post by koyote »

I'm already considering ditching the Gmail app as it displays ads at the top that look just like new e-mails (I was an Inbox user before); although I am not quite sure what app to switch to.

Sadly there isn't really an alternative that even approaches Maps. There are a lot of 'ok' alternatives but Maps is just in an other league in terms of POI, Navigation and UI.

Re: Google to push new ads on its apps

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Post by pizzazzaro »

JasonCEC wrote: post #33

Does anyone have suggestions for an Android based alternative to Google Maps? (preferably open source, etc)

Maps (Offline OpenStreetMap maps) - https://f-droid.org/app/com.github.axet.maps

Forked from maps.me, but without their tracking or ads.

Please tell me you have F-Droid installed.

Re: Google to push new ads on its apps

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Post by lotu »

yumraj wrote: post #37

Apple pretty please launch a slightly cheaper phone for us tightwads so that we can ditch Android and Google, once and forever. Already using DDG. Been trying to run my own mailserver.

The cheapest iPhone (iPhone7) is selling for $449 new in the US. I'm not sure how cheap you are but this is reasonable compared to Android phones

Re: Google to push new ads on its apps

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Post by ryanwhitney »

hellcow wrote: post #41
ryanwhitney wrote: post #32

> 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.

Adding !s for startpage is a good option too. Google results without the tracking.

That's great, thanks. Didn't know about Startpage.

Re: Google to push new ads on its apps

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Post by x2f10 »

i_am_nomad wrote: post #6
Despegar wrote: post #2

This is "break glass in case of emergency" levels of desperation.

Why would Google be desperate, though? They are hugely cash positive, have enormous cash reserves, and essentially no competition outside of China.

>no competition outside of China

For now. Duck is growing and I wouldn't be surprised to see Apple build their own. Not to mention, the use of content blockers is rising.

Re: Google to push new ads on its apps

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Post by fjsolwmv »

foota wrote: post #51
bsamuels wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They already do this; it's roughly in the form of: "take a left at sunset boulevard, right past the jack in the box". I suspected it was a paid ad, but never knew for sure

I believe they've stated these are not ads, but are strictly for navigation.

That makes it an unpaid ad.

Re: Google to push new ads on its apps

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Post by fjsolwmv »

stordoff wrote: post #48

> 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.

It's a label on the map, like a road name. It may be unwelcome, but it's not dangerous.

Re: Google to push new ads on its apps

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Post by fjsolwmv »

dmix wrote: post #21

What would the default ads be on a search homepage considering there are no "keywords" to scope it to? I'd imagine non-targeted billboard-style ads by default with some targeting at the account level? Would it include retargeted ads? Edit: nevermind, it's not on a blank search page, it's embedded within some news-feed style UI, so it's probably just straightforward google mobile ads

Remember that on mobile by default google pushes the feed on the search page instead of leaving it blank. Desktop is spared the indignity, for now.
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