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Apple to Introduce Search Ads in Maps as Services Revenue Grows (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

No. :( They were supposed to be the good one.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    IIRC, Apple already made 30% of its revenue with ads in 2019 or so.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Yeah. People swear Apple is better than Google but almost every big tech company is gathering user data and using it to push ads, including Apple. People just don't want to admit that their "good choice" might be a bad guy.

    Tech companies are not our friends.

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    [–] 38 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Ahhhhhhhhhh. Here we goooooooooo! Apple is becoming a trash advert company like google with no openness, and google is becoming a walled garden like Apple, but no privacy.

    Kill me

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    • [–] 20 points 7 months ago

    Barely 40 trackers blocked on Bloomberg trying to load that article (thanks uBlock Origin, running on my Firefox-based browser), to finally being told I can't read the article without subscribing. Ads and marketing money have destroyed that Web we once owned.

    Why would Apple be different than Bloomberg, they too like money.
    And none will get my money, or time and attention.

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    [–] 16 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    And I move more to using OpenStreets, Organic Maps and Sidekick Pro.

    Shame that Apple’s going the same way as Google.

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

    Comaps instead of organic maps

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    In what ways is Comaps better than Organic Maps?

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago*

    How does the CoMaps project differ from Organic Maps and Maps.Me? Unlike Organic Maps

    CoMaps is "owned" by a not-for-profit co-op, and fully volunteer-driven by the community. The project operates by these principles:

    Transparency
Community decision-making
Not-for-profit
Open source
Privacy-focused
Community Funding
Assets for Public Interest

    You can learn more about our governance approaches on Codeberg.

    The structure is intended so the app and assets cannot be sold for profit. The community actively participate in decisionmaking and governance.

    https://www.comaps.app/support/how-does-the-comaps-project-differ-from-organic-maps-and-maps-me/

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    • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    So glad I moved from iOS to /e/OS (last year) then to GrapheneOS (last month).

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    [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    We just need a reliable way to actually get traffic data that doesn't involve either! Believe it or not Comaps or Organic maps works really well! It takes an extra min or two to route your drive if you need to funnel your desired route in a certain direction, but it's 100% functional

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