Google Maps is testing a new ad format that gives users the option to add a stop for a sponsored location during navigation.
  • @ilickfrogs@lemmy.worldEnglish
    108•5 months ago

    Damn Google be speed running how quickly they can make me replace all their services. Google Maps and Youtube are about the only 2 I still use.

    • @HessiaNerd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      67•5 months ago

      They used to have a reputation for employing smart people… Dumbass middle managers took over a while back and started making the stupidest decisions.

      • @LavenderDay3544English
        29•5 months ago

        That’s what happens when MBAs start to weasel their way into any business.

        • @SOB_Van_Owen@lemm.eeEnglish
          30•5 months ago

          Heard someone assert that MBA’s have ruined the world. Seemed a hyperbolic statement at the time. Though casting my eyes around an ever more enpoopified landscape, it’s tough to disagree.

          • Jojo, Lady of the WestEnglish
            5•5 months ago

            Having taken some “Business for IT” courses… It’s buzzwords all the way down. The buzzwords are defined with buzzwords that are defined with buzzwords that…

          • @LavenderDay3544English
            2•5 months ago

            MBA are stupid people who think they’re intelligent. I have my M.S. in CS earned summa cum laude and some of these business idiots think their grad degree was even remotely as difficult as mine.