Comment on Apple Reportedly Moving Ahead With Ads in Maps App

• Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Are they though? The top valued companies in the world are balls-deep in advertising and data collection.

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  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Those companies need people to believe they don’t have a choice present them with a choice and watch the ad people freak the fuck out.

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• Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Lol, lmao even.

  You have unrealistic views of the common person’s technical acumen if you think this is going to have an impact of more than fraction of a percent, if that.

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  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They don’t need to know the technical side of it to understand “this is cheaper, it doesn’t have ads plastered everywhere”

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    • Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They also don’t need to know the technical side of it to say ‘wow, this app doesn’t work and/or it’s out of date’ to close it and go back to something that works,/fits their use case, even if it has ads.

      I’ve tried to get people to use FOSS alternatives, but most would rather it work with no effort and deal with a lesser experience than having to fight with it to make it do what the other app does natively.

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