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> Google seems to have borrowed this format from Waze, which has displayed similar pop-up ads for several years.

Take your complaints years ago to Waze.

Which has been owned by Google since 2013?

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-brings-waze-and-maps-te...

no kidding, so this isn't something G just came up with but another one of the features of Waze they're porting over.

That's great, but someone had to decide to bring that shit to Google Maps. The ghost of Waze didn't force itself upon a helpless Google developer.

Google bought Waze in 2013.

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