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Apple Reportedly Moving Ahead With Ads in Maps App (www.macrumors.com)

submitted 1 year ago by ardi60@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

to be clear this isn't a privacy issue. they are allowing companies to pay to be featured more prominently in the app.

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[–] Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

Sure, but one can argue that data is being exchanged for ads.

Regardless, CoMaps is still a solid offline app that is being worked on. I wish we had a better version of Google or Apple maps without the bloat

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