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Apple Reportedly Moving Ahead With Ads in Maps App
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A wise German man with a beard wrote all we needed to know about this a couple centuries ago.
Steve also said "You know the ads on the web — they’re eye catching and interactive, but they don’t deliver emotion. What we want to do with iAd is deliver interaction and emotion." The idea: by integrating high-quality, interactive ads inside apps on iOS devices, Apple aimed to build a new revenue stream for itself and for app developers. This is from an article about Apples development of iAds from Business Insider April 8, 2010 written by Leander Kahney. Apple for a long time has looked for ways to raise revenue and give the larger chunk to Developers. If you remember iAds was a 60/40 spilt with Apple getting the 40.
Apple will not get a single cent more from me no device purchases or subscriptions if this happens, as the reason I switched to Apple is for privacy.
Eventually they will want to please shareholders more, so they will want to increase the „effectiveness“ of the ads for which they will start tracking users more.
Eventually they will want to please shareholders more, so they will want to increase the „effectiveness“ of the ads for which they will start tracking users more.
I like how people are discovering now Apple shady tactics, but not before when people brought it up
Yeah, hopefully the ads don't compromise the user experience.
This is why people call us sheep.
This is hard to believe. Apple Maps Search is too poor. Business are wrong or outdated, opening hours are missing, … Clearly, companies can’t be bothered to fix this. So why would they pay for ads?
It will be a big mistake when Apple Maps (or any other Apple app) pushes ads (pop-ups, banners or complete advertorials) when just browsing the map. The only "ad" that would be OK, is an ad that appears when you deliberately have put in a search for a product or location. Or just small icon dot with a name on the map, nothing else. It has to be visible, but subtle. Something like Furkot does.
My best combination for travel (including road trips) is Google Maps for finding out information on locations, Furkot for long distance planning and my TomTom device while on the road.
Waze? Nope... it often got me illogical routes (sometimes even roads that have been closed more than a year ago) and outdated location information. Google is more up to date when it comes to location info. But Apple Maps, Google and Waze are horrible in avoiding traffic jams. Only TomTom (devices) is king in avoiding heavy traffic. Tried it many times, side-by-side and with two vehicles.
My best combination for travel (including road trips) is Google Maps for finding out information on locations, Furkot for long distance planning and my TomTom device while on the road.
Google pushes those who pay the most in location searches and sometimes vaguely related stuff too. During navigation there's no ad. But it wouldn't be surprising if the calculated routes sometime deliberately pass some companies that pay a bit more. In some regions we saw the commercial parking garages much easier on the map than the free ones.
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Splendid way to accelerate the dropping of CarPlay by more manufacturers.
He's right much more often than wrong. Besides this is a report, not a speculation.
Waze has ads and are owned by Google so having it on your phone they know and sell to advertisers every move you make
I know, here's my logic, what advantage does apple maps now have? None, its doing the same thing as waze while providing an inferior service to my needs.
Apple Maps already selectively shows me data that I don't need or want. Not sure that the algorithm is, but it is terrible. We don't eat at fast food restaurants, but that is all we get on Apple Maps. Ever try to find a good, non-chain restaurant on Maps. Not possible without a ton of work. The place I'm searching for is always that little dot that, no matter how much I zoom in, never gets expanded so I can see the name.
I don't think having "pay for placement' is going to be much worse than it is now.
What we really need is a way to set search preferences. For example, "Never show McDonalds", "Never show Arbys", etc.
This would work exactly like ATT does with spam calls. ATT charges the spammer, then gives me an app that eliminates spam. The perfect solution for Apple.
I don't think having "pay for placement' is going to be much worse than it is now.
What we really need is a way to set search preferences. For example, "Never show McDonalds", "Never show Arbys", etc.
This would work exactly like ATT does with spam calls. ATT charges the spammer, then gives me an app that eliminates spam. The perfect solution for Apple.
The greatest innovator at Apple died of painful pancreatic cancer. When does Tim Apple get Ball Cancer and die so the company can move on from this idiot?
Is this really necessary? Criticizing his decisions is fine (I do all the time), but this?
You're just not giving up enough personal data. If you did, the Ads would be nearly perfect. This is your fault, not the Ads fault. 😂
I am glad that you said something. I have too many infraction points against me so one more and I will be banned but this sort of thing is why I post here so little. I have placed so many people like this on ignore but they seem to pop up again like weeds.
I wish these accounts would be banned but that never seems to happen
