That article slurps Apple’s nutsac for having such a great moneymaking idea! Fuck ads. Tired of everything being a vessel for marketing.
Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app
Submitted 20 hours ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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unabart@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 19 hours ago
This is why Apple users pay more to not use Google stuff…
Fuck this.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Default search engine? Google. Apple Intelligence? Believe it or not, also Google.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
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.
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 17 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.
NotSteve_@piefed.ca 15 hours ago
Maybe but you give them an inch and in a few years the ads will be targeted
Xatolos@reddthat.com 12 hours ago
So… never read Apples privacy policy huh?
realitista@lemmus.org 14 hours ago
Wow they haven’t even made it good enough for me to use yet and they are already enshittifying it?
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 16 hours ago
Comaps is available for iphones :3
apps.apple.com/us/app/comaps/id6747180809
also for others:
T156@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
A little confused, is this basically the same thing as Open Street Maps, just in app form?
Railcar8095@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
They use OSM as source for maps, yes.
Not sure how much they add, aside from offline functionality.
Other apps add extra data sources.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 6 hours ago
Yep it uses a selection of the most important data from OSM because the entire thing would be too huge to keep on your phone. You download the map in sections so region/city based but you can also just get an entire country which will be a few GB.
osanna@lemmy.vg 6 hours ago
THE reason why i use apple is because I’m not subjected to ads. Is there any point using apple anymore if they’re going to inject ads? Holy shit, Time to go back to android if we’re gonna get ads and instead pay less for a phone.
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 19 hours ago
Time to dust off my old folded paper maps.
I can sell some of the duplicates I have. I’m gonna be RICH!
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 19 hours ago
You can buy up to date ones at the gas station still
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
What a piece of crap, this thing didn’t warn me about the bridge being closed and jammed up because of a car fire. Stupid paper…
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Nah fuck that shit. If I have to, I’ll whip out the ole Garmin and upload the latest maps to that bitch and go.
Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
Dude someone mentioned this the other day and I pretty mu h went all in on Garmin GPS since then.
I want to use comaps and organic maps and magic earth and all that but they just don’t work well for me but the Garmin is on point.
Plus they say they don’t sell your data. But even if that’s a lie I bought it used off Craigslist so its “Johns” data now.
chaosCruiser@futurology.today 19 hours ago
Back to the basics: Start carrying a yellow pages book with you so that you can find addresses of various businesses. If you need restaurant descriptions, you need one of those tourist guide books too.
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
In my town restaurants come and go so fast the yellow pages are basically always obsolete.
DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
I mean… maps has been kinda shitty for years!
It’s still better than Wayze trying to sell you burgers and fries at every stop sign… but you need to tap the search box like 3 fucking times to input shit, and why is that? So you have ample opportunity to see Crapple’s list of “suggestions….“
And have you noticed that you need to zoom down to AntMan scale to see the names of some businesses in a shopping center, and yet others are virtually visible from orbit? Could it be that businesses that pay Apple stick out like a sore thumb, and business that don’t virtually disappear? Nah… Fucking Apphole behavior.
It’s time to face facts, Apple stopped giving a shit about the customer years ago. Before their headquarters was literally a Bond villain’s donut you could drive through their parking lot and it was a sea of shitty rust buckets, executive parking lot underground.
I was giving serious consideration to going Android again rather then buying a 2K+ tablet… but then I need to buy a new watch and phone at the same time to have a slim chance of interoperability so it’s basically a wash.
Fuck Apple.
nightlily@leminal.space 16 hours ago
Unfortunately it’s the best option in Germany after Google threw a tantrum over privacy laws here. However OpenStreetMap is getting better.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 19 hours 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”.
zewm@lemmy.world 19 hours 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 19 hours ago
Yeah that also is awful. Can’t learn anything about the place without getting accidentally redirected to the App Store.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
the difference with google is they’re collecting all that data on you whereas apple is doing non-targeted ads.
0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 19 hours ago
I think this is great news.
Apple has been providing an amazing service for free for too long and they deserve to finally make some money.
XLE@piefed.social 18 hours ago
they deserve to finally make some money
On top of the literal $100 billion a year they already make? The poor souls.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
finally make some money
first to reach 1T
those poor scrappy startups, they need to finally turn a profit
moakley@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
That’s a good point, but is it free? Can I use it without giving Apple any money, or do I need to have an Apple product to run it on?
9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 19 hours ago
I’m pretty sure you can run maps on a hackintosh so I think you can run it without giving Apple any money.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
Finally somebody here standing up for the little guys.
FlowerFan@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 hours ago
Is that you, Tim?
SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
Best I can do is the SE/30, in peach, tangerine, and cerulean.
9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Honestly, if I want to find a local bicycle shop, and apple maps can help me find one without being obnoxious, then im okay with it as long as they don’t share any data about me with the bicycle shop. I want to shop locally and support my local businesses, rather than shop online.
“Stuffing ads into the Maps app” makes it sound evil, even if we have no idea how it’s going to look.
Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
I use Naver maps because I’m in Korea and they’ve kept out the competition until now. They already introduced ads some time back. It’s infuriating.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 6 hours ago
Mapy.com too :( They locked previously-free features behind a paywall. The 1.5 years old Android app version 9.55.2 still works though
Mwa@thelemmy.club 7 hours ago
why,espeically iphones are expensive as hell.
kepix@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
the cow has more milk
Beth@piefed.social 17 hours ago
It’s already been working like garbage lately. Wonder if this is related.
Broiled_Tofu@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
I hope your blue bubbles become water marked with adds!!! 😈
Broiled_Tofu@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
No one is talking about the real sin that Apple makes and that sin is having a crappy buggy operating system that has parental controls break and also blast Bluetooth speaker volume to max volume the moment you pause it and start it again. It is a subpar operating system and it’s a piece of garbage.
Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 20 hours ago
There’s room for you at Comaps! It’s nice and it works on iOS, FOSS
uuj8za@piefed.social 19 hours ago
I love Comaps. I have it installed on my Android phone. I contribute to OpenStreet maps when I can.
But, I don’t think Comaps is a realistic replacement for Apple or Google maps.
One: OpenStreet maps is missing a toooon of locations, businesses and residential addresses. Two: having the enter the address in a non-standard way (for the US) City, Street, Building Number, makes finding things even harder. That’s gonna instantly turn away 99% of people.
I still begrudgingly have Google maps installed on my phone… :(
I also have HERE Maps installed on my phone. It’s way more usable than Comaps and it’s not Google. But, it’s not FOSS and still owned by a big corporation. But at least it’s not (entirely) owned by the US (Magic Earth is). For me, I think it’s a decent step away from Google.
I’ll still keep contributing to OpenStreet maps, hoping one day I can switch.
Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 19 hours ago
I think at this point in my life I’ve added enough to my home town that I’m comfortable using it as my main map program, I also admit to having here maps as a backup, but I haven’t used it in a minute
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 8 hours ago
Guess its just better in Europe, everything is more dense including the number of OpenStreetMap contributors.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
are the two related?
njordomir@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I read that the one of the differences between Organic Maps and CoMaps is that the server side code for CoMaps is FOSS, while some of the server side code for Organic Maps is not. I hope I understood that correctly. I have Organic Maps installed because it was in the GrapheneOS app store.
If CoMaps has open server-side code, could I create my own map tiles with the best bike routes in my area and self-host them for myself and my friends? I find that google, bing, OpenStreetMap, etc all suck at recognizing good bike routes in my area and hand-curated routes are much better. I’d prefer to hand-curate the best routes color coded based on perceived safety and whether they are daytime only routes or acceptable for nighttime travel. Is something like this doable with CoMaps?
FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Holy wah… #2 is a deal breaker for sure. So sad.
Imaginary_Stand4909@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 hours ago
THAT’S why i always struggled to look up buildings on Comaps! Hell, I wondered why the sesrch was so hard!
My main issue is the lack of traffic data. I wish I didn’t live in a car-centric society, but i do, so I need to know if the route I’m taking is going to be shit.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
!CoMaps@sopuli.xyz
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
I use OsmAnd which I think is also really good. I’ve heard nothing but good things about CoMaps too, like you said, which is a (seemingly well-justified) fork of Organic.
If anyone’s curious about contributing to OpenStreetMap too to make the maps in your area better, I know a bit, and I’d be happy to answer questions, even if they’re just random curiosities.
StillAlive@piefed.world 8 hours ago
How does one define and name an area?
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
It’s my back up for when I have no cell service
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
I thought this was a joke ad for a dev convention. Come on over and build something great at Comap(p)s 2026! We have a friendly competition where the team who builds the most feature-rich app all get programmer socks!
SlimePirate@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
Are the paths reversed ?