Apple Maps Ads Are Here, and There's No Way to Turn Them Off

jjgreen

Think just the same

xvxvx

‘Enshittification is the gradual process where online platforms and services decline in quality as companies shift from pleasing users to ruthlessly maximizing corporate profits.’

thesuperbigfrog

They should have said "No": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8eP99neOVs

tacitusarc

Are there any privacy focused, non profit alternatives?

revolvingthrow

People are annoyed at apple’s recent lack of polish in software, but the increasing monetization and push into services are a bigger issue imo. You pay the apple premium for hardware and the hardware is indeed great, but you’re increasingly treated like a piggy bank. Line must go up. In regard to Maps: if all you want is a gps, there’s many apps that use OpenStreetMap data. I use CoMaps myself. You download the map(s) you want and it just works, no forced updates or ads or anything in the way of upselling.