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Gurman: Apple Planning to Show Ads in Maps App Starting Next Year
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It depends if what apple is doing smells like something they are attempting to make up revenue for the start of the impending regulations as I repeatedly said, customers are the losers here.
Seems like business 101 to me. However you want t to phrase it, apple makes it and customers buy it.
Because I prefere Apple plan for the reason there was no ads , if they put ads then I prefere tu use Google
The regulatory scrutiny is due to them using their market position in mobile to hobble the competition
For example introducing measures to hurt competitors advertising business while growing your own.
Still completely legal.
Example? But yeah, apples growing as business will be evident in maps st some point I suppose.
Re-reading. It wasn’t clear. A better way to say it is that I don’t need Apple Maps doing business research for me: I just need the closest businesses near me related to the search term, not how much money they decided to spend on advertisement.
Basically, what you use it for (nearest store). I can then go to their website to research, or go to Yelp to read reviews.
Exactly, so now maybe some folks can stop pretending that Apple is somehow different than any other company.
They've been fined numerous times in Europe and the EU have introduced legislation to regulate them so not anymore
I started using Waze less precisely because of the ads, which are distracting when I see the flash from the corner of my eye. I really don't like the sound of increased ads on stock apps from Apple.
Well it shows Apple doesn’t care about privacy or any of its core ideas. Just about making money. Same as google or Facebook. No principles.
And in this case you can’t walk away as 100% does the same. Showing the need for side loading and modification of software to protect user privacy
Good for Apple, they need to make money SOMEHOW. It's not like they make billions...oh, wait.
Ferengi rules of acquisition #10. Greed is eternal.
Ferengi rules of acquisition #10. Greed is eternal.
I understand that Apple has a responsibility to maximize profit, but when are the engineers going to be allowed to step in and say enough is enough...
The worst part is not even the usability concerns I have for the app. It's the ability for larger businesses to pay to get pushed ahead of smaller ones.
The worst part is not even the usability concerns I have for the app. It's the ability for larger businesses to pay to get pushed ahead of smaller ones.
It’s from Gurman so the likelihood of this actually happening is slim to none. You’re not wrong.
No, but now my position is that you like to make assumptions. Maybe if they had done it better than Google, it would not have been as I clearly said - an example of the opposite of how
Apple usually introduces things. I.e. revolutionary rather than a poorly executed copy.
Your assumption is correct though in that I do think we would be better off without Apple Maps. The company is so bloated and we keep saying “gee I wonder why prices keep going up? Must be inflation or supply issues!”
Yeah. No thanks. I hate Google Maps because when you search for something and you see a result that looks close, but it’s an ad and is several miles away. Ads just create unnecessary noise that I have to filter thru
It will never be enough. Human greed has no limit. People can have a lot and still want more and more and more.
I currently use it, but not sure I will with ads though. What do you use? Google Maps?
