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User reports Google Maps proposed a sponsored detour to a trip
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The picture suggests that there was an ad that suggested a stop at the sponsored gas station, if the user clicked on the suggestion / ad, then the route would be modified.
IMO that's massively different than the detour being added by default. If they actually did / were doing that, it would be a huge scandal, but I don't think that's what's happening here. Instead, it's just an intrusive, annoying ad.
Might be. It's indeed hard to tell by the picture, but the user seems to knows the place so I don't know. What seems about right is the title is misleading so I'm going to change it.
The picture shows the "eco" route which is a setting you can turn on/off that selects gas saving routes even if they add some minutes to the trip![](https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/cb1da8ad-4fce-4fd7-a62b-cbf6582ee4a1.jpeg)
Please change "added a sponsored detour" to "proposed a sponsored detour" and it won't be as misleading anymore
Thanks for the proposal!
Thanks for doing that.