Apple Maps could feature integrated ads as soon as next year, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. In his latest "Power On" newsletter,...
    • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      2 months ago

      to be clear this isn’t a privacy issue. they are allowing companies to pay to be featured more prominently in the app.

      • Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        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

      • Voytrekk@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        12·
        2 months ago

        It was forked off if Organic Maps because if a difference of philosophy. Organic Maps wanted to add more proprietary components to their app.