Apple Lays Groundwork for Ads in Maps With iOS 26.5

[LightProtector]

Ewww, this is the only reason I use Apple Maps.

 

[bookcase]

I prefer Apple Maps over the others, but this is just more anti-consumer greed.

 

[GIZBUG]

Well of course not. Why do you think he is? This is not an official apple site you know?

Your posting like he can actually see what you post 🤦🏻

 

[CarAnalogy]

Is itpossible to uninstall maps app?

Yes but then it loses a lot of built in functionality. In the EU you can select Google Maps as default. But since nobody in the US forces them to do what users want, they don't in the US. Which is absolutely galling.

 

[mlayer]

I'm mostly concerned about how it looks in CarPlay, since that's the place I use maps the most.

Been running 26.5 beta for nearly a week, haven't noticed anything different yet.

 

[boswald]

People were also complaining about ads in the AppStore and now everyone got used to it

Hmm. Good point.

 

[Bazza1]

Hmm. Good point.

Yeah, but I've almost entirely stopped buying new apps for my iPhone - partly because of this. Only visit the site to get to my account and ensure all existing apps are up-to-date.
No interest in wading thru ads to doom scroll through to an app / game / Arcade (never used, never will) feature.

 

[boswald]

Yeah, but I've almost entirely stopped buying new apps for my iPhone - partly because of this. Only visit the site to get to my account and ensure all existing apps are up-to-date.
No interest in wading thru ads to doom scroll through to an app / game / Arcade (never used, never will) feature.

I was like that for a long time until I discovered companies made it harder to do the things I need to do through a website. They're doing everything they can to get you to use their app these days. And when you get it, it's just like you said: doomscrolling and ads.

 

[macjaffa]

Yes but then it loses a lot of built in functionality. In the EU you can select Google Maps as default. But since nobody in the US forces them to do what users want, they don't in the US. Which is absolutely galling.

Oh right im in the eu ill look into this. Tbh never used apple maps and probably never will now. Whats the point of apple maps

 

[CarAnalogy]

Oh right im in the eu ill look into this. Tbh never used apple maps and probably never will now. Whats the point of apple maps

Apparently, to get Scott Forstall fired.