Apple Maps has ads now

Ads person started popping up successful Apple Maps, pursuing Apple's announcement successful March that it would fto businesses wage for apical spots. They're appearing connected my iPhone arsenic the archetypal introduction successful the "suggested places" conception successful search, but Apple says they'll besides amusement up at the apical of hunt results. According to 9to5Mac, the ads began rolling retired this week, and much users successful the US and Canada volition commencement seeing them implicit the adjacent fewer weeks.

They're marked with a bluish "ad" icon, akin to the ads Google's had in its Maps app for years now. I was besides greeted with a pop-up informing maine astir the ads erstwhile I launched the Maps app this morning:

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Read the afloat communicative astatine The Verge.