Yea I never understand why you need ads for huge businesses that everyone knows. Geeze we went from PA to WV and I swear there were at least 50 McDs. Nearly every exit food sign had McD on it. Stop advertising and lower prices. That's what will make me spend there.
Yea you're just going from the frying pan into the fire. At least Apple still doesn't just pop up random ads from the home screen.
I know Apple was crap in the beginning, but it's much better now. The lane guidance has gotten much better, and I don't like the autozoom on Google. It always seems to be too close like you can't even see how the road curves ahead.
If it's some smaller place, I like it. I might check it out if I've never heard of it. But I don't need a McD ad. I know they exist!
I hope they don't even go the Waze route and pop them up when you are stopped. If it gets too crazy, I will give Google Maps another shot.
It wasn't a while back. I reported a problem with the entrance for a Panera Bread a month or so apart, and it still wasn't fixed so I didn't even bother anymore. But I haven't had to report anything in at least a year.
Yes this is what even makes it worse. They're using ads for $$$ but also rumored to be raising prices
And it's not just the ads. It's that the ALSO raise prices. Why did you do ads for $$$ and then still increase prices?!
Don’t believe it works that way.
I’m all for voting with your $$$. For me, if I use Apple Maps less what to use more?
Apple wasn’t forced to do anything. This was a choice. Nobody held a gun to Tim’s head. And are you new to Apple? If not, surely you recall that historically one of the big draws of Apple’s products is the lack of pre-installed bloatware and ad-ware. Seems those days are over.
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A lot of companies do this kind of thing. My company does this. This is not at all unique to Apple lol.
I was simply responding to another user’s query. And I doubt the universe cares about this at all. Seems to have gotten under your skin though.
Same thing as I said with McD. I know they exist. I know SBux exists! They are actualy nice if it is some smaller business I never heard of.
Yes I pretty much X if one comes up in the middle. Hopefully that means they get no ad money then.
Yea everything seems great with lights and stop signs and the after this turn at the next thing. Only things I would like is don't tell me about the next turn when I'm still far out, and I wish it would always tell you which way you are turning for the turn after the current, especially if it's not too far. If I'm in unfamiliar and busy territory, I like to know what lane to be in in advance.
Yes much better for me too. Funny ones from back were telling me to turn onto and unfinished road, and sending me to Dunkin' Donuts, but it was a residential development with no businesses in sight
And that's what makes it BS. They aren't doing it to be known. Everyone knows McD SBux etc. They just do it to keep anyone else out of the ad space.
That map is exactly the craziness we saw from PA to WV. There had to be over 50 McD. Almost every exit food sign had McD on it
That Apple wants to "triple" ad-revenues I believe is a fallout from this pending EU regulations, that could result in billions of lost revenues for Apple.
Yet. No random ads on the home screen yet. That day could very well come and some folks here will again manufacture a reason to justify Apple’s decision to downgrade the user experience for the sake of increasing revenue.
There is no bloatware and times change. I don't know about others but I can put up with non-intrusive ads, done in a way that protects my privacy. With pending regulations, the ad-free days are over. Apple, imo, has to increase revenue to offset the potential loss in revenue. People will decide if they want to stick with Apple.
Yep, what Apple wanted back then was good for everybody. Today it is not.True cost of Apple control: no carrier bloatware on iPhone
We often accuse Apple of being too controlling when it comes to the iPhone, but sometimes that control benefit the end user -- for example preventing the kind of carrier bloatware being foisted on the
As long as ads are clearly identified and I can skip them, I will be okay with those ads.
You said Apple wasn't benevolent. They are. They still are a for-profit company and have to sell goods and services at a price point that people are willing to buy and Apple makes the profit they want.
Seems to have gotten under your skin.
