“Apple is planning to introduce ads to the Apple Maps app in the near future, and the iOS 26.5 beta lays the groundwork for the feature.”
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Yeah, ‘50 Years of Thinking Different’ is definitely a thing of the past now - ‘Think Alike’ is the present and future.
Steve Jobs would turn in his grave.
Wake up Tim Cook !
@edwinkremer There are options beyond the Apple-Google duopoly:
Reclaim control over your digital life with a degoogled mobile OS that not only doesn't serve you ads, but even blocks third party trackers while you browse the internet!
I know. Multiple options. But the key issue, hence my 'rant' here, is: Please Apple, don't copy what everyone else is doing and dare to do the opposite.
I'm sure that none of Apple's customers have asked them to 'please add ads into your software, because we can't have enough of those'. Probably Apple's stakeholders see a great benefit, but Apple should wake up and recognise that life is not all about making the maximum amount of money and pissing of customers - think and act different!
Edwin Kremer
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