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Default google maps has ads?!@

i really dont like google maps for android.. they really add alot of stuff i dont need. and now theyre adding in ads? is there a way i can hide these ads?

i just thought, would installing a previous version of google maps do the trick, before google became a sellout?
 
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i really dont like google maps for android.. they really add alot of stuff i dont need. and now theyre adding in ads? is there a way i can hide these ads?

i just thought, would installing a previous version of google maps do the trick, before google became a sellout?
Ehm, google lives of advertising. I cant believe anyone didnt see this coming...
 
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I cant believe anyone didnt see this coming...
google maps was made to be an incentive to boost android, by welcoming smartphone users with lots of amazing free services, its one of the best things about google, and now its just an ad campaign.
 
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google maps was made to be an incentive to boost android, by welcoming smartphone users with lots of amazing free services, its one of the best things about google, and now its just an ad campaign.
Well, it is free, and I've never noticed the ads, so they're not obtrusive. I don't see what the issue is.
 
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hehe yeah.. goole puts advertisement all over the place ^^ that is their main income.
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that's why adfree is the best app ever!

(of course you should still pay for apps instead of blocking the ads in the free versions)
 
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Im sorry, but this has nothing to do with Development.
Please read the READ ME thread and post this sort of stuff under General

 
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