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0 pointscrazygringo8mo ago0 comments

It strikes me as more unreasonable for you to demand that companies to give you things for free. Honestly, it strikes me as some kind of feeling of entitlement, and I don't know what you think justifies that.

And if you're paying them a monthly subscription for iCloud storage or Apple TV or something, I don't see what that has to do with a Maps. You don't get Apple TV for free if you pay for iCloud either. Different services are different services.

Do you think restaurants should just always give you a free appetizer every time you walk in because sometimes you order entrees there?

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dontlaugh8mo ago· 3 in thread

I paid for hardware advertised to run Maps without ads. I am literally entitled to that. Apple makes plenty of money on hardware for that to be a minor expense compared to their profits.

If they were really greedy, they could require a subscription for Maps. I might even accept that.

I will not accept ads. I paid quite a lot extra specifically to avoid ads.

crazygringoOP8mo ago

> I paid for hardware advertised to run Maps without ads.

Show me where their advertising says their hardware runs Maps without ads, where they make that claim. Because I've certainly never seen it.

Again, you know Apple Maps works on web browsers too? It's not only for Apple devices. You don't need to pay Apple a dime.

I really don't know what contract you're imagining where you think you've "paid quite a lot extra specifically" to Apple and they promised you no ads in Maps in exchange.

dontlaugh8mo ago

I didn't know Apple Maps works without an Apple device. Fine, they can require a monthly subscription or show ads to people that haven't paid for their hardware. But I did, specifically to avoid the ads on Windows and Android.

Why are you defending ads? I've never encountered someone insisting companies should do more of them, especially if they clearly don't need the revenue. Are you ok?

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walterbell8mo ago

Has Apple Maps (without ads) appeared in Apple iPhone keynotes?

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