Unfortunately, innovation and Apple are two words that are getting used in the same sentence much less frequently...
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Apple Reportedly Moving Ahead With Ads in Maps App
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Hopefully not sponsored by T-Mobile. I'm not looking forward to seeing the location of every Little Caesars and T-Mobile store.
If Apple starts pushing ads to its Apple Map, what other advantages over Google Maps or Waze?
People who choose Apple Maps are either:
1) People who just use default applications
2) People who doesn't want ads
Usually free Open Source Software is the best to use. (Remember: Software is like sex, it's better when it's free!)
In this case "Organic Maps"!
Unfortunately Apple doesn't favor Open Source Software, cause there is absolutely no opportunity to squeeze more & more & more for the insatiable shareholders...
Regarding hardware it seems best to use a generic Android device and install something like GrapheneOS or similar.
Unfortunately no real alternative OS for iPhones exist... 🤔
People who think Apple Maps is better than google. I chose Apple Maps because its poi interface is more elegant. I’m not going to change that or throw the baby out with the bath water.
You are 100% right. Steve would never allow crap like this. He was a man of clean and simple. No bloatware, no extra ports, and definitely NO frigging stupid ads!😤
Tim the bean counter just needs to retire.
For navigation in Denmark, Apple Maps is the best currently available - but Google Maps is still far superior WRT finding and pinning POIs.
Selling ads is a slippery slope...
It never enhances the experience of the users, and to get the most out of it they need to track impact, serve the ads most likely to be interesting to you etc....all the things we buy Apple to avoid, actually.
Apple has made a lot of money selling their product to you, rather than packaging you as the product. If they change that, I might change too. Then they lost their key differentiator apart from higher pricing. Also, as Google Maps is a lot better for finding things there'd be no reason to just use that as a backup rather than the primary solution.
It never enhances the experience of the users, and to get the most out of it they need to track impact, serve the ads most likely to be interesting to you etc....all the things we buy Apple to avoid, actually.
Apple has made a lot of money selling their product to you, rather than packaging you as the product. If they change that, I might change too. Then they lost their key differentiator apart from higher pricing. Also, as Google Maps is a lot better for finding things there'd be no reason to just use that as a backup rather than the primary solution.
C'mon now, Apple needs to help pay for Trump's ballroom 😂
But, honestly, I drive cars across Colorado for a living, and Waze works best for me. I usually know where I'm going, but because driving here can be a challenge, I like getting (almost) real-time information on what's ahead. I use that in conjunction with CDOT's cameras and website.
But, honestly, I drive cars across Colorado for a living, and Waze works best for me. I usually know where I'm going, but because driving here can be a challenge, I like getting (almost) real-time information on what's ahead. I use that in conjunction with CDOT's cameras and website.
Yeah for utility, nothing comes close to Waze - assuming there's an active network in the area you're driving in, else Google Maps.
There's basically no UVP for Apple Maps anymore after this.
You do realize that the executives of a for-profit public company have a fiduciary responsibility to maximize long-term shareholder value, don't you? Leaving money on the table with no plausible business justification would invite an executive team's ouster for breach of fiduciary duty. If the board failed to act, activist investors would. The stock market would beat both the board and the activist investors to the punch, punishing the stock mercilessly to bring its price in line with the expected market return rate.
Jobs would not be horrified by what Apple is doing today on the profit front. I don't know who you think Steve Jobs was, but there was one criticism of him that was constant throughout his industry tenure: He maintained premium pricing and high profit margins, refusing to compete on price. Criticizing Apple for continuing his practice betrays a lack of knowledge of how Apple has always operated.
I'm going to qualify my earlier post by adding this caveat-- Google Maps is by no means perfect, either, although they generally have much better data on places, etc.
Apple News has been ruined by Advertising even if you pay for Apple One premium plus plus plus you still get these bloody obtrusive ads. And half the time theyre absolute junk served by some third-party ad service.
I tolerate Apple Maps to get away from ads and to just see results. If they are going to display ads, I might as well use Google Maps, which generally has better data.
I buy Apple Products specifically because I’m not the product. Apple shifting this direction is very disappointing.
I buy Apple Products specifically because I’m not the product. Apple shifting this direction is very disappointing.
What's next, Ads in CarPlay? Ads while I'm having a phone conversation?
Glad car manufactures are moving away from CarPlay and may be one more reason to move away from Apple ecosystem.
Glad car manufactures are moving away from CarPlay and may be one more reason to move away from Apple ecosystem.
