Any indications the new CEO will be less inclined to embrace enshittification like this?
I say enshittification but it’s a bit of a misnomer because Apple Maps hasn’t ever really not been shit, but anyway…
Ads on Apple Maps
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#32I was really impressed with Apple offering reasonably priced hardware of late, like the Neo. Now I see why. They're transitionaing away from the making money off of hardware phase, and into the making money off of you phase.
> They're transitioning away from the making money off of hardware phase, and into the making money off of you phase.
As a result, I am transitioning away from being one of their customers.
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#33Hope they don't ruin the experience and make it delightful for at least some users.
Long dreamed of using map as a treasure/deal hunt, like the Japanese, especially in this economy: https://tinyurl.com/2dlx29eo
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#34From Apple's website: "we don’t need to know a lot about you to deliver a great experience on Apple Maps." -> so you still need to know a little about me ? "Even if you choose to sign in, Maps keeps your data in sync across all your devices using end-to-end encryption — so where you go isn’t associated with your Apple Account at all." -> looks like magic, data is synced accross all your devices but without using your…
> Apple claims to be the champion of privacy While letting Facebook, TikTok and others secretly track you for years, across devices AND DEVICE REINSTALLS, through Apple's iCloud Keychain API, to store data that users cannot see or delete on iOS, except through the macOS Keychain app, and even then it's dubious if that's all that's actually stored.
Can you link to a good article or post about this?
Thanks!
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#35And just like that, the reason to use Apple Maps is gone.
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#36You know what I do? I have a second iphone. main iphone - mostly revolves around phone and messages. lockdown mode. no bluetooth, no wifi, no location services, privacy stuff all restricted. I also do some web browsing. I run adblock which lets you filter lots of stuff. apple id signed out. and my second iphone - offline iphone. I install it using ethernet with outside connection (usb->ethernet dongles work for iphon…
like are you okay?
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#37heh. Could the apple maps team ever be paid a higher compliment? They really, truly, made it. I remember 15 years ago when apple maps was an absolute laughingstock that couldn't hold a candle to the big guys. But look at them now. They made it genuinely good. It'd been my only map app for years until I downloaded google maps for a road trip and was perplexed by all the squares I didn't ask for telling me about Arby's…
The quality of Apple maps is highly dependent on where you live. Every time I check their release notes, I see “we’ve added a custom 3d model for this one landmark in a random US city”, which has zero impact on me or 99.99% of their users. Meanwhile, in my home city it took more than 3 months for a newly opened gym to appear of Apple maps, way way slower than on Google or OSM maps.
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#38Sad to watch Apple enshitify themselves now. Nipping it in the bud and switching away from iOS to GrapheneOS right now.
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#39And everything turns to shit. Even when you pay premium for it.
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#40I was really impressed with Apple offering reasonably priced hardware of late, like the Neo. Now I see why. They're transitionaing away from the making money off of hardware phase, and into the making money off of you phase.
> They're transitioning away from the making money off of hardware phase, and into the making money off of you phase. As a result, I am transitioning away from being one of their customers.
To who?