Apple Maps Ads Are Here, and There's No Way to Turn Them Off

People are annoyed at apple’s recent lack of polish in software, but the increasing monetization and push into services are a bigger issue imo. You pay the apple premium for hardware and the hardware is indeed great, but you’re increasingly treated like a piggy bank. Line must go up.

In regard to Maps: if all you want is a gps, there’s many apps that use OpenStreetMap data. I use CoMaps myself. You download the map(s) you want and it just works, no forced updates or ads or anything in the way of upselling.

	▲	bzzzt 17 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Strangely enough I often use Google Maps on my iPhone because I'm looking for businesses that have no presence on Apple Maps. I don't see the opportunity for companies to present themselves in Apple's app as a net negative for users.
	▲	microtonal 16 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Line must go up. The margins in the services category are much higher (76.7%) than hardware (38.7%) [1] and much easier to grow in an already saturated smartphone market. So yeah, time to throw the customers under the bus. [1] https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/apple-earn...
	▲	GoToRO 15 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		when I switched from Windows to Apple the amount of ads was the same. The only thing that changed was that they were Apple's ads. Apple hardware is great, but it's being severely botched by it's software. Seems like software is hard, no matter how much money you have.

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tacitusarc 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Are there any privacy focused, non profit alternatives?

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nosioptar 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I use Organic Maps (on android, I assume the ios version is decent too).

https://organicmaps.app/

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chanux 16 hours ago | parent [-]

I just installed this just out of curiosity and it seems to be very well polished. Gonna try it on my next drive.

	▲	chanux 14 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I just got informed by a friend about the controversy surrounding the app. https://itsfoss.com/news/organic-maps-fork-comaps/ https://www.comaps.app/
	▲	furst-blumier 15 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I used it too and it gets you from A to B but there is nothing that tells it if there is a road closure, traffic jam, other road issues that makes the drive longer etc etc.

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toomuchtodo 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

https://www.comaps.app/

CoMaps: The Offline App That Guided Rescuers Without a Signal in Venezuela - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49452671 - August 2026

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RicoElectrico 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

No, because in maps category, people demand no inconveniences or compromises at all. Often the same people, who put up with Linux distros' shenanigans, curiously.

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thesuperbigfrog 19 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They should have said "No": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8eP99neOVs

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jjgreen 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Think just the same

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xvxvx 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

‘Enshittification is the gradual process where online platforms and services decline in quality as companies shift from pleasing users to ruthlessly maximizing corporate profits.’

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meoowu77 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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meoowu77 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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