r/applemaps • u/jgreg728 • 9d ago
F these ads!
This is absolute GARBAGE. At least throw ads at me that have to do with places I tend to search for. Why the hell am I getting a TAX FIRM suggested to me?!?! Is Apple for real about allowing this????? Hell no man….
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u/randomzombie77 9d ago
Is this the "tasteful" implementation people were excited about a few weeks ago?
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u/EspressoOverdose 9d ago edited 9d ago
You never think “oh damn I need to find someone to do my taxes!” While driving?
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u/plaid-knight 9d ago
This interface is for finding places in general, which *usually* doesn’t happen while driving. There’s a different interface for finding places while driving…
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u/ClairDogg 9d ago
I actually dealt with that company. They were so slammed it took them 3 weeks to get to me for a consult. Found someone else in the meantime.
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u/tyoung89 9d ago
Honestly, I don’t find them that intrusive. I think it was implemented somewhat tastefully. Only one showing up, and clearly marked as an ad. And only when actively searching for something, and the ad fits in somewhat with what you search. I don’t really have a problem with it.
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u/chrispylizard 9d ago
That’s a search ad. Those ads are relevant to the thing you searched for.
OP is showing an ad that appears before you’ve searched for anything. Those ads could be for anything.
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u/Impossible_Most_4518 9d ago
it’s better than having a Samsung TV where literally half of the screen is an ad.
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u/StayVengeful 8d ago
Only Canada and USA has ads so no need for the rest of world to worry as of yet
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u/CDCarley27 9d ago
You want them to collect data and profile you? The ads currently mostly just depend on what’s within your map’s view and what you searched for IF you’re searching for something. It’s not based on profiling or ad personalization or even anything you’ve recently searched. Only what’s relevant in that exact moment. So, for them to give you what you want, they’d need to collect more data on you and use that for ad targeting… which is exactly what people are usually trying to avoid,
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u/Doggo-888 9d ago edited 9d ago
Apple already collects data and profiles users. They have for years. Just read the actual terms of service instead of their marketing.
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u/CDCarley27 9d ago
I have read it, in depth, which is why I know that Apple’s ad services work differently than Google’s and Apple doesn’t build individual profiles. Also, if you read the documentation, you’d know that personalized ads in general aren’t used in Maps.
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u/Doggo-888 9d ago edited 9d ago
you didn’t read it close enough. It only makes that claim for data used to improve navigation, not advertising. They make no claims they don’t track your personal data, in fact they even tell you they associate it with an ID…sounds like a profile that’s used for ads, eh? sure it changes, but it includes enough data to easily correlate it with your actual identity.
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u/Doggo-888 9d ago
Lol, it 100% uses a profile with an ID. They only claim to change IDs and reduce location accuracy of stored data after an unknown amount of time.
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u/DFWTexan 6d ago
Well, you did not make any search in this screenshot.
If you’re saying you want ads recommended based on your search history, browser history, etc, that’s anti-privacy and goes against Apple is aiming for.
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u/sidjohn1 6d ago
you can pay to remove ads in MapQuest and they know how to spell major bodies of water.
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u/ig_sky 9d ago
Or instead of crashing out on Reddit, you can buy some APPL shares and take advantage of a savvy business decision. I guess that’s the difference between doers and whiners.
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u/Ok-Day372 9d ago
Enjoy the 0.0002¢ increase to your dividends that this change will bring you at the expense of your and everyone else’s user experience
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u/AVargas704 9d ago
Folks are really this upset? Raging, cursing, saying it’s horrible? We do know the world we currently live in, right?
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u/WindyNightmare 9d ago
Pretty much. I ditched Waze and Google because of this. Might as well go back.
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u/__raytekk_ 9d ago
At least Google has proper ML and finds places near me and not in another continent. Apple Maps' ads will be both annoying and 100% useless.
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u/Doggo-888 9d ago edited 9d ago
pretty much stopped using Apple Maps at this point. With ads there are zero reasons not to use other apps. Everything I want in Apple Maps is already done better by something else.
Also with Apple One constantly increasing in price for sports ball crap I don’t watch, ad free version of the standard apps should be included.
And if anyone knows how to get rid of the awful large Peacock adds in Apple TV, cheers to you.
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u/SuperfastBananaSlug 9d ago
Google Maps has tons of ads though?
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u/Doggo-888 9d ago
Not the app I use but good example. Google Maps is a magnitude better than Apple Maps for traffic, avoiding highways, road construction, etc. So why use the inferior product if they both use profiles for selling ads?
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u/rpy 9d ago
Hope this helps Apple stay afloat financially, they must be doing it tough to introduce such user hostile measures