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Apple Reportedly Moving Ahead With Ads in Maps App
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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!
I’ll move to another maps app if this becomes reality. Apple Maps is missing so many businesses and points of interest anyway.
And as someone else said the Yelp integration is outdated. Does anyone actually use or care about Yelp reviews anymore? It’s so lame when I’m using Maps in CarPlay and it tells me that the grocery store I’m looking for has 4 stars on Yelp. Who in the flying F cares how many stars a grocery store has?
And as someone else said the Yelp integration is outdated. Does anyone actually use or care about Yelp reviews anymore? It’s so lame when I’m using Maps in CarPlay and it tells me that the grocery store I’m looking for has 4 stars on Yelp. Who in the flying F cares how many stars a grocery store has?
Apple one subscribers don’t get ads in Apple products?
Terrible but I could see this happening in the end.
‘Nice ad free map experience you have.
Shame if anything should happen to it.
But if you pay us for Apple One each month, there’s nothing to worry about. We’ll look after you.
Everyone else? Too bad.’
That’s a really profound comment thanks, even though it makes me sad.
Here we all all are, careering into a dystopian cyberpunk present / near future.
But at least we’ll have cool toys (with ads).
Time to watch the original robocop again & start another play through of cyberpunk 2077, to help get myself ready for all of this.
If Apple continues to go this route they really don’t provide a compelling reason for a premium price anymore.
Enters name of hotel where I am booked, get 3 pages of “more relevant” suggestions, before I find the place I’ve already paid for… 🙈
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Well, that’s one way to get people to stop updating their devices…
Apple Maps could feature integrated ads as soon as next year, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.
In his latest "Power On" newsletter, Gurman said that Apple's plan to bring more ads to iOS is moving "gaining traction," with the Maps app being next in line. The project will apparently give restaurants and other businesses the option to pay to have their details featured more prominently in search.
The system is said to be similar to Search Ads in the App Store, which allows developers to pay to have their software appear in a promoted slot above other results for relevant queries. Apple's approach reportedly leverages AI to deliver relevant and useful results, in a better interface than similar offerings from Google and other companies. Gurman warned that the move risks some amount of consumer backlash.
Article Link: Apple Reportedly Moving Ahead With Ads in Maps App
Cellular, Wi-Fi not Apple fees so doesn’t really ad up to what Apple ask, the cloud+ is not needed for Maps so again it does not count on this Maps thing.
I am all again at Ads especially when you buy a product partially because of that, it is nice to have a bloatware free os, but claiming all this expenses on Apple…. They would apply to any manufacturer.
Besides, if you download of that apply ex as you would be using GPS for free…
The same buy who promise iTools free for life then making it paid later on right?
This quote is out of context, of course they want to make money, it’s a business, what he ment was that if you make quality product people will want to buy, you will succed.
Besides, givi g services that cost money for free is not a Smart business move, would you prefere them to make you pay a Map+ at 14 dollari a month to remove ads?
It is not like Apple Maps was good to begin with. So ads will make the app even a little bit less relevant for users...
I cannot write that I will "move away" as others did, because I never adopted Apple Maps in the first place. It sits here, I use it once in a while when other options do not work, just in case (and rarely see it give me a useful piece of information that I do not already have).
I cannot write that I will "move away" as others did, because I never adopted Apple Maps in the first place. It sits here, I use it once in a while when other options do not work, just in case (and rarely see it give me a useful piece of information that I do not already have).
Wow.
Apple Maps could feature integrated ads as soon as next year, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.
In his latest "Power On" newsletter, Gurman said that Apple's plan to bring more ads to iOS is moving "gaining traction," with the Maps app being next in line. The project will apparently give restaurants and other businesses the option to pay to have their details featured more prominently in search.
The system is said to be similar to Search Ads in the App Store, which allows developers to pay to have their software appear in a promoted slot above other results for relevant queries. Apple's approach reportedly leverages AI to deliver relevant and useful results, in a better interface than similar offerings from Google and other companies. Gurman warned that the move risks some amount of consumer backlash.
Article Link: Apple Reportedly Moving Ahead With Ads in Maps App
This makes me very, VERY sad.
It's the same in the other direction - Google having moved into HW.
The bottom line is that that's the system of capitalism - it's never-ending growth regardless of the consequences.
