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Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app (www.engadget.com)
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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 30 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

This is why Apple users pay more to not use Google stuff…

Fuck this.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Default search engine? Google. Apple Intelligence? Believe it or not, also Google.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 hours ago

I don’t use any of those

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world -2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

Yes these ads suck, but they 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.

[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

Maybe but you give them an inch and in a few years the ads will be targeted

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

it's always binary fuck all ads issue for me

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

as i said, "if you’re deliberating between apple and Google" which is how this conversation started.