Steve Adams
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I don't see any ads in my Google maps when using it. Don't know what one you are talking about.
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Apple Maps Ads Move Closer to Launch With iOS 26.5 Beta 2
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Steve Adams
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macfacts
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with Google maps info they will mail a piece of mail with a code to the address, so only someone who can access that piece of mail can enter the business map information.
Lets hope the ads are more reliable than the business data, opening hours, speed limits and road works in Maps. Because they are all very inaccurate.
It’s a bit sad they’re not focussing on those things and instead chose financial gains.
It’s a bit sad they’re not focussing on those things and instead chose financial gains.
PBG4 Dude
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I’m still working on folding mine closed correctly. I am not a foldable phone candidate I can tell you that.
PBG4 Dude
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Google is at least 10 years ahead of Apple in acquiring location data. Apple Maps appeared in what, iOS 8? Google was there from iPhoneOS 1.0 and already was providing directions before that.
If one Ad in suggested places is as bad as it gets for Ads in Maps then I think I'll be okay.
With the second beta of iOS 26.5, Apple is continuing to prepare for ads in the Apple Maps app. There's a new splash screen in the app that says it will display ads based on approximate location, current search terms, or a view of the map when searching. Ads will also be shown in the "Suggested Places" section that was added in the first beta.
Apple says that advertising information is not linked to an Apple Account to preserve user privacy, so ads viewed and interacted with will not be associated with an Apple Account. Data is not collected or stored by Apple and not shared with third parties, according to Apple.
Signs of ads in the Maps app were spotted in the first beta, but iOS 26.5 testers could start seeing ads with the second beta. It's not yet clear if Apple has just implemented the splash screen, or if ads are going to begin showing up in the near future.
Apple announced plans to introduce ads for the Maps app back in March, with ads set to roll out to the public "this summer." Apple plans to include ads in the Maps app on iPhone, iPad, and Mac in the United States and Canada.
Ads in Apple Maps will have an "Ad" label, much like ads in the App Store.
Article Link: Apple Maps Ads Move Closer to Launch With iOS 26.5 Beta 2
When I think of Ad's I think of annoying popups taking up most of your screen or ones that interupt you like Youtube Ads.
I just hope they get the logic right and don't suggest a place that's an hour walk/drive away.
For the Ad to be relevant, it needs to be within a reasonable distance.
Ohhh, wait until the contract is up so that they DON’T have a solution in place to start working on it. That DOES sound like an idea that Forstall would have had. 🙂
That’s already done. Folks that want to be personally identified and tracked by any number of map services in the EU are free to use those. Maps will never be a good option in THOSE countries because getting used more means they’d face regulations they’re not facing now. The EU regulators say, “Continue to not be successful and we won’t regulate you. Don’t you DARE become widely used!”
This is a stupid thing for Apple to do. They always scream privacy then open up there software to ads. wtf. Privacy be damned. $$$ for the win. Apples only care in the world. This is strictly done to soon offer a paid ad free version. Gotta make the money by selling out your customers for bs.
If you’re searching for something while driving, say a gas station or restaurant, you’ll very likely see an ad as the first result according to the Apple Maps page.
srbNYC
macrumors 68020
How on earth are they going to pay for Google Intelligence to power Apple Intelligence. I mean, my iPhone was built for it. Well, my last iPhone. Or the one before that.
sure, that's true but if you delete Apple Maps and everyone stops using it it sends a message that we won't tolerate nonsense like this. I'm betting most people won't but it's the same reason I rarely open the App Store and search for anything these days. I usually just click a link from a developers site that opens directly to the download in the App Store. The App Store has become a low rent slop shop that you unfortunately still need to use to download anything.
OH, so it didn’t just require “a video showing the street sign and the storefront.” Ok. And, if that information is public in THAT way, then Apple would have been able to cross check it too, you just didn’t want to sign up for Apple Maps. Which is perfectly fine.
No it’s not done, there’s no open API for system wide map applications. If I press a link to a map it will open in Apple Maps by default and the calendar app uses only Apple Maps.
And I don’t believe for a second that Apple has decided to keep Apple Maps this poor just because they want to avoid regulation.
Ok, so it’s not just accepting a video from a random person as a check. That makes sense.
TheVowelO
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Bazza1
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Let's see - stop upgrading phone to avoid such nonsense? Well, that's a option. And let's face it, I'd be happy rolling back to iOS 17 (pre-Apple Intelligence - ever the oxymoron) - but that's not an option. I'll likely just stick with what I've been using for some time now. The free CoMaps.
bigandtasty
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If you press a link to an Apple Maps link it will open in Apple Maps. You’d have to press a Google Maps link for it to open in Google Maps. People can freely use alternate Calendar apps and avoid using the internal one and use either link freely, so I’d think it’s unlikely that they require modifications to the built-in one.
So, your thinking is that Apple WANTS to be regulated? I guess that’s one way to look at it. I do know that the Apple Vision Pro is only available officially in two regions in the EU because a company can provide a service/device to two or fewer member regions without facing DMA regulation. And, Apple has previously withheld features from the EU to get approval from the EU for those features prior to introducing them to avoid being regulated/fined. So, bit of history there.
turbineseaplane
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I’m glad you brought this up.
It’s kind of funny how so many “customers” don’t make this connection.
(The connection about who actually is the customer and what actually is the product)
switz
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Folks, back in the very early days of the internet when it was all just text - NO IMAGES - there was no advertising because we paid dearly with our time to receive data at 300 baud (30 characters per second) over a dial up modem.
Green bar continuous fold paper was on the printer. It took over 4 seconds per line of text, but the home printers could not even print that fast.
ISDN came along and we could get 128kb data. Then the T-1s (one megabyte speeds) arrived and were one thousand dollars per month per line and my ISP Cisco modem was placed at the office of the local phone carrier. I had to have two of the T-1 lines, one incoming and one outgoing. The Cisco box could receive 48 calls (upto 56k baud) at once and sent the combined stream to my office where the stream was separated and each customer could log on to the Internet. I also had dedicated hosting computers (Used an Apple SE30 for one customer) and disk space.
I knew by watching the data streams that went out of the office took longer than the ones that stayed local. I became very aware of the something in the middle of the data stream - now known as the NSA.
I knew that when images started coming to websites, that dial-up service was doomed as it took too long to download both the text and images. So the rural ISPs like me were driven out of the market as the costs became insurmountable for a small player even if they provided one on one service.
Ads in the Map apps will be additional potential screen garbage and delays updating what is important - the ever changing location information being sent back and forth from the provider so the proper ads might be displayed based upon the GPS device's location.
The desire for ever faster and more information comes with unforeseen costs. The most serious and consequential is our personal information of all types in the various data streams. I am sure the various governments can now track every individual in minute detail. Most folks have a cell phone that allows location details down to a thirty foot circle. On the road sides are single poles standing that read each vehicles ID that passes that tells them the owner's names and addresses.
GM wants to keep your location information for targeted adds over their in dash GPS systems.
You want privacy. Fat chance. Even a horse and buggy can be seen on the satellite cameras of today and the details they can see are scary.
We are being bombarded from all directions for our personal and location information for someone else to profit from.
Green bar continuous fold paper was on the printer. It took over 4 seconds per line of text, but the home printers could not even print that fast.
ISDN came along and we could get 128kb data. Then the T-1s (one megabyte speeds) arrived and were one thousand dollars per month per line and my ISP Cisco modem was placed at the office of the local phone carrier. I had to have two of the T-1 lines, one incoming and one outgoing. The Cisco box could receive 48 calls (upto 56k baud) at once and sent the combined stream to my office where the stream was separated and each customer could log on to the Internet. I also had dedicated hosting computers (Used an Apple SE30 for one customer) and disk space.
I knew by watching the data streams that went out of the office took longer than the ones that stayed local. I became very aware of the something in the middle of the data stream - now known as the NSA.
I knew that when images started coming to websites, that dial-up service was doomed as it took too long to download both the text and images. So the rural ISPs like me were driven out of the market as the costs became insurmountable for a small player even if they provided one on one service.
Ads in the Map apps will be additional potential screen garbage and delays updating what is important - the ever changing location information being sent back and forth from the provider so the proper ads might be displayed based upon the GPS device's location.
The desire for ever faster and more information comes with unforeseen costs. The most serious and consequential is our personal information of all types in the various data streams. I am sure the various governments can now track every individual in minute detail. Most folks have a cell phone that allows location details down to a thirty foot circle. On the road sides are single poles standing that read each vehicles ID that passes that tells them the owner's names and addresses.
GM wants to keep your location information for targeted adds over their in dash GPS systems.
You want privacy. Fat chance. Even a horse and buggy can be seen on the satellite cameras of today and the details they can see are scary.
We are being bombarded from all directions for our personal and location information for someone else to profit from.