Ads in Apple Maps are live in the United States and Canada, which means iPhone and iPad users will see them when searching for locations and when viewing Suggested Places. Apple announced plans to bring ads to the Maps app in March, and said the feature would roll out starting in late summer. Apple confirmed to 9to5Mac that ads began showing up for users over the last few days, with ad placement to ramp up in the coming weeks.
I agree.
I can accept the idea of charging insane prices for hardware if that means you get a good product in return, which seems to have been the deal way back when.
The locking down of the whole ecosystem and turning users into idiots with no agency over their devices while charging fees for any app installed was shitty, but somehow stayed true to the general ideas of Apple. Reasonably good products if you don’t mind being a sucker.
This on the other hand is pure enshittification, allowing your product to become more crap in order to maximise profit. Once they start doing that they’re no different from Google.