ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoApple Reportedly Moving Ahead With Ads in Maps Appwww.macrumors.comexternal-linkmessage-square191fedilinkarrow-up1608arrow-down19
arrow-up1599arrow-down1external-linkApple Reportedly Moving Ahead With Ads in Maps Appwww.macrumors.comardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square191fedilink
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 days agoto be clear this isn’t a privacy issue. they are allowing companies to pay to be featured more prominently in the app.
minus-squaretheoriginalcows@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoThe only way to get neo-liberals to care about being taken advantage of by businesses is to make it not about money.
minus-squareZen_Shinobi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoSure, but one can argue that data is being exchanged for ads. Regardless, CoMaps is still a solid offline app that is being worked on. I wish we had a better version of Google or Apple maps without the bloat
to be clear this isn’t a privacy issue. they are allowing companies to pay to be featured more prominently in the app.
The only way to get neo-liberals to care about being taken advantage of by businesses is to make it not about money.
Sure, but one can argue that data is being exchanged for ads.
Regardless, CoMaps is still a solid offline app that is being worked on. I wish we had a better version of Google or Apple maps without the bloat