is there a point to using organic Maps on iOS when Apple tracks your location anyway
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April 14, 2026
fria:
> So yes using services like organic maps that give you offline navigation are useful still, the situation is more nuanced.
I concur that the situation is more nuanced but I havent researched but isnt location still going to ping to apple systemwide even disabling it for apple services when there is internet?
KathyM:
> In your case of Apple Maps, the biggest point is that Apple is going to start putting advertisements into it
Yeah not a fan of that but how effective is this? I never went to place based on suggestions in a map. I just want to get from one place to another. The fact that maps even have ads and infinite scrolling is kinda straight up demonic
KathyM:
> Apple Maps was already pretty private “corporate” wise with the right settings.
Summarized Apple as a whole here
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