the difference with google is they’re collecting all that data on you whereas apple is doing non-targeted ads.
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CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
I prefer Apple Maps because it’s not ad laden but the coverage for businesses simply isn’t there, and it is pretty aggressive about populating businesses that don’t really exist (ie the business registration not the place of business, if they have one eg Plumber who doesn’t have a shop), don’t exist in the category (eg a factory isn’t a retail establishment), or just plain don’t exist. It also likes to ignore the actual road name for directions; instead of “take the exit towards A361 Burford Rd”, it says “take the exit to Diddly Squat Market” because some street view scanner picked up a sign and chose the wrong one.
If they start pushing ads, Google wins in “find me dinner nearby”.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 week ago
0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Do you work for apple? You’re all over this thread shilling.
zewm@lemmy.world 1 week ago
My one deal breaker that keeps me on gmaps over Apple is the forced yelp integration. I refuse to install yelp and to get any meaningful information it tries to open the app.
Gmaps has a way better UX imo.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Yeah that also is awful. Can’t learn anything about the place without getting accidentally redirected to the App Store.