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.
  • H0neyc0mb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    409·
    4 months ago

    PSA: Apple Maps used to suck badly but now it’s way better than Google Maps.

    • Zron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26·
      4 months ago

      Bought iPhone last year.

      Tried Apple Maps the first week.

      Put in address to friend’s new condo building.

      Took me to a parking lot behind a grocery store next to the building, and then acted like I could drive through an old wooden fence to get to the condos.

      5/10 I only had to drive to the other end of the block to find the only entrance to the property.

      • 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        At one point Google Maps moved my whole apartment building/address three streets from where it should be. It was wrong for months even though I reported it when I had to keep telling delivery people that got misdirected because they used it to navigate. Anecdotal evidence etc.

    • zewm@lemmy.worldEnglish
      272·
      4 months ago

      I’m sorry but as long as Apple Maps rely on and force you to install the Yelp app for reviews, I’m never using it.

      • baggachipz@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        They’re moving away from that, only using Yelp for backfill when they have no data. There is instead a “thumbs up/down” set of buttons (because the 5-star system is uselessly Boolean anyway). Contribute to the ecosystem by rating places using this, and eventually it will reach parity with Google.

    • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      48·
      4 months ago

      The only thing Apple Maps lacks now is a Waze-like ability to report hazards, speed-traps, road closures etc. apparently that’s been a thing for a few years now, thanks!

      I’ll have to check it out where I am, but I have a feeling that there might not be a big enough active user base to sufficiently crowd source the datapoints… I guess, be the change you want to see in the world!