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Ads Coming Soon to Apple Maps
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quietstormSD
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I mean who cares. As long as it's not intrusive I'm ok with it.
Would people rather pay a subscription? I wouldn't. And Apple isn't a charity where they give away software and map services for free. As a software developer, I hate it when people think all software should be free and it's an abomination when it's not. These ads help make it free (not having to pay directly for it).
Would people rather pay a subscription? I wouldn't. And Apple isn't a charity where they give away software and map services for free. As a software developer, I hate it when people think all software should be free and it's an abomination when it's not. These ads help make it free (not having to pay directly for it).
quietstormSD
macrumors 65816
I do. I now prefer it over google maps on my iPhone. On desktop I still use google maps.
Not to be “that guy," but I believe it's worth considering all the products and services you regularly use that are ad-supported and subsidize your costs.
That baseball game with a stadium billboards and only Coke products at the concession stands, the cheap flight has the seat back pocket filled with credit card applications, the concert seats come with programs full of local ads, and local metro with ad-wrapped subway cars… all are examples of ads embedded in everyday experiences.
That baseball game with a stadium billboards and only Coke products at the concession stands, the cheap flight has the seat back pocket filled with credit card applications, the concert seats come with programs full of local ads, and local metro with ad-wrapped subway cars… all are examples of ads embedded in everyday experiences.
GeoStructural
macrumors 65816
And it works outside the USA and Canada. Apple Maps is virtually useless anywhere else in the world.
This is just the start of it though. Pretty soon they'll be doing like Lyft and force you to watch a video ad before you can even start navigating (it was real fun the first time that Lyft did that to me and I was using an MVNO with throttled video, yay for a stuttering DirecTV ad that had to finish playing before it even ordered my ride). The thing with ******tification is that it's progressive. It starts out with one company doing it then the next company starts and the first company gets more aggressive then the next company catches up, etc. These companies keep going until consumers say no loudly enough for them to hear it.
TroyBoy30
macrumors 68030
Yup, no need to try to use something just because it has an Apple logo on it.
And, as those sponsors have deep pockets, they have a grip on the machinery of governments worldwide. So, you either provide those interests with the access they want on your terms (blocking deep tracking), or be forced by the government to open the entire platform to third party advertisers.
I7guy
macrumors Westmere
Objectively incorrect. I used Apple Maps extensive in a recent trip to Switzerland and France and it was fine.
It’s not even “let’s see”. We already know how they’ll look. There are folks vehemently against that particular color blue with the white AD text on it. Or maybe it’s the font it’s in. Or, maybe, it’s because they haven’t liked anything Apple has done since they stopped hosting websites with iWeb or the myriad other projects Apple has ended/changes they’ve made over the years that make folks dream about Apple going out of business.
So they don’t have to buy Apple products anymore? I don’t know.
Also, if you see a company’s logo (and not a generic pin) that’s also a paid advertisement.
And, MapKit is free (without exposing the dev’s customers to third-party tracking) for any native app.
AriaAmaris
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capamac
macrumors 6502a
I usually use Google maps before driving. Using Google Maps, I sketch out the route on a piece of paper, writing down key intersections and street names.
I prefer this to following computerized map directions while driving coz then I actually know where I'm at, and I can build a map of the metro region in my head.
I've followed the computer map guidance without sketching it out ... the end result is I'm making lefts and rights as directed by the computer, and I have no idea where I'm at, what direction I'm facing; I don't strengthen my own internal mental map of the area.
I prefer this to following computerized map directions while driving coz then I actually know where I'm at, and I can build a map of the metro region in my head.
I've followed the computer map guidance without sketching it out ... the end result is I'm making lefts and rights as directed by the computer, and I have no idea where I'm at, what direction I'm facing; I don't strengthen my own internal mental map of the area.
pdaholic
macrumors 68020
"At Google, you are the product."
Apparently that applies to Apple, too.
Apparently that applies to Apple, too.
But what is their incentive to remove ads?
I would imagine it is an expensive service to provide, with new roads being added and existing roads changing (2 way to one way etc). Constant on the ground and satellite remapping.
You and many others boycott it, surely it is more in Apples best interest to remove the service. I doubt people buy Apple products for Apple maps.
Whilst I agree ads make the service feel Klass with a capital K, Apple is a business.
There are transit systems that have multiple entrances that each only go to one platform.
Yes, giving complete directions does make one app superior over the other - how is that even a question? 🤣
Believe it or not, people live outside of Chicago and some even have poor vision.
Why is Apple doing this? They've avoided doing crap like this for so long. So why? Oh wait, I forgot. Apple is dead broke. 🙄 Nearing bankruptcy. They need additional revenue!
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Or just make these the last Apple products you buy? That’s d)