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User reports Google Maps proposed a sponsored detour to a trip
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this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2023
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It does that because it thinks there's a bend in the road or some silly shit. Mine tells me to turn after the Taco Bell into a place because the turn in isn't a named road. I don't think it's trying to advertise to me. That's just where the turn is.
I’m not convinced.
There's a main road between my parents' house and the freeway that doesn't deviate AT ALL and it tells me blah miles to this spot and then just continue straight. It makes no fucking sense. I still don't think they're paying for an ad. I have no love for Google but this seems a little much imo. There's no point to it.