this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2023
298 points (85.5% liked)

Technology

59589 readers
2910 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
L3s@fry.gs
L4s@fry.gs
L4s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
298
User reports Google Maps proposed a sponsored detour to a trip (paquita.masto.host)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by elfio@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
62 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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."

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This was a joke on here the other day, people were joking about getting 1 or 2 minutes added to their trip to pass a KFC.

People were sharing conspiracies on if they do it or not but the original was a joke. Other commenters said they thought they were kept off main roads for VIPs.

I'm wondering if this was a coincidence or if the two are connected.

I had never heard of this until now.

[–] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My personal Google Maps conspiracy is that when I need to take a turn, Maps on Android Auto will say "take right at xyz street" (paraphrased) but if there happens to be a Jack In The Box at the intersection, the maps will always call it out – "take a left after the Jack In The Box" (paraphrased).

I've never heard it namedrop any other business like that.

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I've never heard mine name drop any business and I use it all the time.... I'm in Canada so maybe there's a difference there?

[–] elfio@sh.itjust.works -2 points 10 months ago

Or maybe a googler leaking the idea disguised as a joke 🤔