When we ran a poll last month, the overwhelming majority of 9to5Mac readers agreed that Apple should exit the ad business.
Ads have now landed in Apple Maps in the US and Canada, and my view is that they are every bit as bad as expected …
Apple warned us back in March that we would begin seeing ads in the company’s Maps app at some point in the summer. We first spotted them ourselves yesterday, and the company confirmed that the rollout began in the last few days. Within a few weeks, everyone in the US and Canada will be seeing them.
Before searching: Suggested Places in the search screen will feature an ad.
After searching: Ads will appear in search results when relevant.
