Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour (Update)
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Google Maps is testing a new ad format that gives users the option to add a stop for a sponsored location during navigation.
    • Salix@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      They get the traffic data from some third party, not by following their users like gmaps.

      https://www.magicearth.com/faq-en/

      Do you share data with third parties?

      We send position data to our traffic provider to generate real-time traffic information. The data is anonymized on the phone, using a changing key (so it’s not linked to you), and it is deleted after 5 minutes.

      They have a good privacy policy though. I haven’t really had many issues with their app.

    • BadlyDrawnRhino @aussie.zoneEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Thanks for this, I’m going to try this out on my way home. My main use for Gmaps is to determine the quickest way to and from work during peak hour, so keen to see how Magic Earth’s traffic data compares.

      • KISSmyOS@feddit.orgEnglish
        01·
        1 year ago

        the quickest way to and from work during peak hour

        Everyone is using Google for that, so on average, traffic on all alternative routes will level out quickly and it doesn’t matter which one you choose.

          • Ironfist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            not really, not everybody has the same destination, but a lot of people need to go in the same direction at a given moment (thats why you are stuck in traffic in this situation).