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This article is from April 2024. So, where are the ads?
So I don’t actually mind this.
And odds are good you won’t notice them.
They’ll just be carefully highlighted locations when you’re looking at a larger map, so the random buildings that get labeled in the more zoomed out views are chosen carefully.
It gets better, when you search for “restaurants near me” the order won’t be organic but “pay to win”
So “restaurant chain #5” will be at the top even if you hate their food.
Not really awful as far as advertising goes.
When has a company ever shown itself to show restraint once it heads down the monetization train? And isn't Apple's premium price point that it isn't ad infested like Android or Microsoft?
You’re not wrong, but I’d really like to pretend that you are.
I might have more faith in them if they weren't a publicly traded company always having the expectation of exponential growth.
That is EXACTLY the issue.
Yeah they won at capitalism. But it's so crazy that because of stock price expectations even they won't ever come to the finish line. It's never good enough no matter how much they make. The ceiling just keeps going up and up and up.