According to this, Apple Maps users may start seeing ads in the app from next year A new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman,
Similar to Google Maps and other mapping apps, Apple plans to allow restaurants and other businesses with brick-and-mortar locations to pay to promote themselves in search results, Gurman says. While Apple already Runs ads in App StoreThis may be part of a larger strategy to introduce more ads into iOS.
Apple will reportedly try to differentiate itself from the competition with a better interface and by using AI to show relevant results.
The question, Gurman says, is whether Apple device owners will begin to rebel as Apple devices and apps increasingly become billboards trying to convince you to pay for more Apple services.
