Yes these ads suck, but these 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.
Comment on Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
This is why Apple users pay more to not use Google stuff…
Fuck this.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 23 hours ago
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.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
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.
trailee@sh.itjust.works 2 hours 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.
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 20 hours ago
it’s always binary fuck all ads issue for me
NotSteve_@piefed.ca 20 hours ago
Maybe but you give them an inch and in a few years the ads will be targeted
Xatolos@reddthat.com 18 hours ago
So… never read Apples privacy policy huh?
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Default search engine? Google. Apple Intelligence? Believe it or not, also Google.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I don’t use any of those
osanna@lemmy.vg 11 hours ago
Yup. The first thing i do when i get a new machine/reinstall MacOS/iOS is to change it from google. Fuck google so fucking hard. Anyone who uses Google deserves what they get knowing how much of a shitstain company they are.