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.
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.
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.
Switch a while ago from Google Maps. It’s pretty damn great.
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.
stupid because people literally pay alot of money for Apple tech,but maybe greed got into them.
cackles maniacally in GrapheneOS
Organic Maps or OsmAnd is out there, just saying.
Are they CarPlay enabled?
OsmAnd does have a CarPlay option. Dunno about Organic Maps and its forks.
"What the fuck you gonna do? Use Android?!??! Fuck you and and be happy about it" - Tim Apple, probably
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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.
Treat the cause, not the symptom.
Treat the cause,
Right. Like obtaining a controlling interest in Apple is just so easy to achieve. Now, where did I leave my random trillions?…
Wow, so brave.
Courage.
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