Let me repeat: fuck you, Apple. Ads are rotting you. What’s the goal here? Make the best ads? Insanely great ads? Oh, I know: insanely great amounts of fucking money.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/apple-confirms-that-its-maps-app-will-begin-showing-ads-to-users-this-summer/
Apple confirms that its Maps app will begin showing ads to users "this summer"

Apple Maps ads will look and work a bit like current App Store ads do.

Ars Technica