Jumping into this thread late, and not reading the whole thread so apologies if I’m repeating what everyone else had said, but putting ads in maps is a bad idea and Apple should feel bad for not rejecting it immediately.
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Apple Reportedly Moving Ahead With Ads in Maps App
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Let’s be honest, the guides already in maps are basically ads. If the experience stays as unobtrusive, I don’t mind it as much. I’m more annoyed they still work with yelp.
Sure. The introduction of ads in Apple Maps would eliminate its primary differentiator. I currently prefer it because it's got no ads. Not because it's better than Google Maps.
Of course. Quality is a subjective term. But value can be objectively measured based off results. Either a company makes money or it doesn't. If a company is as valuable as Apple, we can extrapolate from that there is intrinsic value in the products and services that they offer.
Im in the UK and Apple Maps is borderline useless for finding businesses. Smaller local ones usually do not exist on Apple Maps in my experience, when they do then they are frequently in the wrong place. Every single time I have reported the issue with a business and inputted the correct address, nothing happens.
It is better than Google Maps at finding residential addresses in my experience, though. I end up having both installed and use Google to find businesses and Apple for peoples homes.
Guys cut them some slack, innovations like Apple Intelligence cost a lot of money, they need to increase their revenue to support that.
Their marketing people also cost them a lot, certainly more than their engineers!
Their marketing people also cost them a lot, certainly more than their engineers!
Because Apple spent the last 15 years marketing itself as “above” selling user data, relying on advertising for revenue, and acting like Google. Apple built a customer base around this. This is a small move but it shows cracks in the armor of the reputation they’re built as being above needing to put ads in Apple Maps, for example.
Can you name something truly useful that Apple Intelligence has brought to the table so far? I turned summaries off. The rest of the features largely don’t exist or aren’t inherently visible to me; I can’t even think of a single useful one. At the same time, I can’t even search my text messages for a name that’s already in my contacts.
I’m really sick of Tim Cook. I wish my wife and kids didn’t have iPhones and Apple Watches. I’d switch to a pixel 10Xl immediately.
Don’t worry, soon you’ll have ads in between your iMessages list between conversations!
I wouldn't mind sponsored listings as much if Apple Maps had up to date, comprehensive and accurate listings for business and other points of interest.
But as it is, their database is sorely lacking. I use Apple Maps as my default for navigation and I use it to keep tabs on saved places -- but I barely trust it at all to explore an area or find restaurants and the like. I find errors in the listings just constantly, and it's been this way for years now. They've made huge strides in so many areas, but their database is crap, out of date, and just baffling.
Most of the time, my workflow is to look places up on Google Maps or maybe Yelp or something, and then use Apple Maps to navigate to it and possibly save it for future use.
So, getting served ads on top of incomplete, out of date, inaccurate results? No thanks.
But as it is, their database is sorely lacking. I use Apple Maps as my default for navigation and I use it to keep tabs on saved places -- but I barely trust it at all to explore an area or find restaurants and the like. I find errors in the listings just constantly, and it's been this way for years now. They've made huge strides in so many areas, but their database is crap, out of date, and just baffling.
Most of the time, my workflow is to look places up on Google Maps or maybe Yelp or something, and then use Apple Maps to navigate to it and possibly save it for future use.
So, getting served ads on top of incomplete, out of date, inaccurate results? No thanks.
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It's... halfway decent in the US, but if it's a business I don't know, I still have to verify it on Google Maps because Apple Maps has f**ked me over so many times with some dead listing.
Apple, if you want ads in that Apple Maps, you better pay me just to accept those ad.
If you refuse, then Apple Maps become useless.
If you refuse, then Apple Maps become useless.
This came from the horses mouth Gurman so it's going to happen. It's basically a matter of when at this point!
If you’re gonna force me to eat trash I’d rather eat it from a Michelin Star restaurant (Google Maps) than a Taco Bell (Apple Maps).
Apple does not respect your privacy any more than Google does and anyone who says otherwise is either selling you something or grossly misinformed.
Apple is beholden to shareholders and their only goal is to make as much money as possible. There's no such thing as enough money to investors. They always need more and if they run out of ways to make more money they'll sell your data too.
If you don't think so you're just fooling yourself.
Apple is beholden to shareholders and their only goal is to make as much money as possible. There's no such thing as enough money to investors. They always need more and if they run out of ways to make more money they'll sell your data too.
If you don't think so you're just fooling yourself.
No ****. Seriously, they aren't struggling for money. Even when Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy, Steve Jobs didn't resort to this. Apple, you are better than this!