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Google/Waze will volunteer users to take alternative routes to scout out ways around congestion. It can be a better route, but you are the guinea pig, so you can get the short end of the stick.
There also is learned driving habits that may inform routing choices.
That's pretty interesting about the scout cars.Is there any sort of indication thats what they're doing? I will say given Google's track record I wouldn't put it past them to intentionally route traffic near where their paid advertiser's money comes from.
No indication except for knowing the area and being sent a strange way that doesn't make sense to you.
The routing is ambivalent to advertising money. The driving data they sell informs where advertisers put money. Horse, then cart; not cart, then horse.
So far... I can easily see some MBA wanting to add that "feature". They have your driving history, they could easily route someone with Starbucks stops past more Starbucks for a fee.