So much for the "Apple is all about privacy whereas Google monetizes you" schtick.
this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2025
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It seems to me that advertising is the real secret cabal that is running the world.
"Secret cabal" as in capitalism and its imperatives sure, pretty out in the open though.
Me: "What the fuck? I didnt tell it to take me to Starbucks."
Siri: TRY STARBUCKS NEW PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE NOW AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME
Between this and android phones with ads on lockscreens, I'm ready for someone to finally release a good Linux phone.
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"What the fuck you gonna do? Use Android?!??! Fuck you and and be happy about it" - Tim Apple, probably
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I thought people liked using Apple products because of the premium experience that ecosystem provides.
They did. Someone at the top has been ruining that experience lately.
I switched from Google to Apple back in 2018 and the royal fucking up lately is making me start looking at how to go back.
I’m really disappointed with the direction and lack of quality from Apple these last few years.
well bad news, Google is going to be going walled garden soon as well, so the only options for apps will be google-approved ones. you can bet those options are going to quickly enshitify once you don't have a choice in using them.
I'm getting a Linux phone soon so I can get out of this duopoly entirely.
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If you're not paying for it, you are the product; except for with 🍏 and then it's both.
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Organic Maps or OsmAnd is out there, just saying.
Wanting to mention CoMaps and that it was forked from Organic Maps.
The projects aren't very diverged yet so you can still migrate your pins with an easy export/import
Organic Maps is so fucking good, I keep so much of it downloaded as a backup for when I'm offline, because it just works. That said, I still use Google maps due to the reviews of businesses and traffic data when navigating normally, but it's good to know a great alternative is out there.
Sadly, finding businesses and traffic data are 99% of the reason I open google maps. I have organic installed, but I've since found out that "I want to go somewhere I don't know the way to but have found out the street address some other way, and I don't care about the traffic in between" simply doesn't happen.
It happens for me when I'm offline and the stupid Google Maps downloads didn't work. I don't even bother with downloading Google Maps any more, I just use CoMaps instead.
You might want to switch to CoMaps. Most developers fled there after the owners of Organic Maps showed shady behaviour regarding donations and the future of the project
I'll check it out. Any links to articles on the shady behavior?
Edit: CoMaps is like Organic Maps but better, regardless of the development practices, neato.
This is a good place to start reading :)
Wow, interesting stuff. Huge thanks for the tip off about CoMaps.
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stupid because people literally pay alot of money for Apple tech,but maybe greed got into them.
People actually use Apple Maps?
Apple Maps had a rough few months at its start, but it’s never let me down since — I’ve used it to drive across country (many times, many directions) and across town. Combined with CarPlay, it’s the only digital screen I’d ever want in my car’s dashboard.
Ads would destroy the only thing I’ve enjoyed about newer cars in decades.
I do because it currently doesn't have ads
Here in Cali I’ve noticed it’s actually better. Google Maps has been ass for the last 4 years for me. Wrong data, it takes me randomly off the freeway only to loop my back and put me right back where I got off. It has completely wrong traffic data, and it has road closures it thinks are still open. When I travel around the bay for work I mostly use Apple Maps.
I experienced the same glitches that everyone else did when it first launched but it’s been perfectly fine for years. My gf’s android Google Maps will routinely have us make several turns just to end up on the same road we were already traveling on so navigation is done on my phone and the playlist on hers.
Yeah, the first time it happened on Google Maps I thought it was just an issue with like that small section of bridge/overpass, but then it did it again and I was just stuck in the same traffic but now even further behind. It was incredibly odd. By like the 4th time I was like “ok, if I don’t stop using you then it’s on me for being so frustrated.”
Switch a while ago from Google Maps. It’s pretty damn great.
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Fuck I just started using it because of how horribly shit google maps has become
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On iOS you can install a system-wide DNS configuration profile for AdGuard without having to install any app.
It doesn’t deal with ads served up from the exact same API/domain as the content, but any source of ads that is drawn from a different domain can be blocked and usually is blocked.
About the only apps I still see ads in are YouTube, Pinterest, and Facebook. All apps that use third-party advertising feeds have those ads blocked.
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I know this is my own personal experience, but diehard Apple fans in my circle have started to say, "Fuck Apple." I think they're PR and goodwill is finally running out.
The thing is, Apple getting worse is coinciding with everything else getting worse, too.
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