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Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app (www.engadget.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[+] -8 points 7 months ago* (7 children)

Yes these ads suck, but they are not targeted ads based on your entire history of personal data which is google's entire business. these are ads shown based on your current location in the maps app. theoretically everyone in your vicinity is getting the same map ads.

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  • [–] 18 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    doubt

    also, fuck ads. people are trying to find destinations, not be sold trash from some shitty corporation like mcdonalds or whatever. don't care the purpose, or the reasoning.. if there's ads, it's bought and paid for by some jackoff corp that can rightfully fuck off to high hell.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    yes I agree, fuck ads, but fuck targeted ads even harder. The point is if you're deliberating between apple and Google based on the ads, apple is still not as bad as google. it's not a binary ads vs no ads issue.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    If you’re deliberating between Apple Maps and Google Maps, the only advantage Apple ever had was the lack of ads. Apple’s data is worse, routing is worse, navigation UI is worse (which of the lanes should you be in right now for your next turn), etc. It’s astounding that Apple would enshittify this right now when they’re not even close to being a decent replacement for the primary competition.

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