XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com   
      
   Andrew  wrote:   
   > badgolferman wrote on Fri, 27 Dec 2024 18:01:02 -0000 (UTC) :   
   >   
   >>> Can other people on other platforms use Apple maps WITHOUT an Apple   
   >>> ID?   
   >>   
   >> There seems to be an internet version available.  However unlike Google   
   >> Maps I don't see a way to include multiple stops.   
   >>   
   >> https://beta.maps.apple.com/   
   >   
   > Hi badgolferman,   
   >   
   > Thanks for responding normally, as we can converse like two humans should,   
   > interact instead of having to play those silly games the Apple trolls play.   
   >   
   > I keep around an iPad 10th generation WITHOUT an Apple ID just to test what   
   > works and what doesn't work with the mothership - so I will test this out.   
   >   
   > Note that Apple *required* the Internet just to "activate" that iPad, which   
   > the Apple trolls (like Alan Baker) claim they did WITHOUT the Internet   
   > (which no longer shocks me that they're that ignorant or that they lie).   
   >   
   > On that tenth-generation iPad which has no Apple ID assigned to it:   
   > 1. I opened Apple Maps (which was in the "Other" folder by default)   
   > 2. Apple Maps first asked "Get Notified when Friends Share their ETAs"   
   >    (Yeah, right. I think I can "Dismiss" that one, huh?)   
   > 3. Then it popped up "Introducing Hikes and Custom Routes"   
   >    (But there's no button to dismiss that one - just "Continue".)   
   > 4. Now I am in Apple Maps where it says "Location Service is Off".   
   >   
   > However, even without location services turned on Apple Maps can route:   
   > From: 100 Main Street, Redwood City, CA 94063   
   > To: 100 Main St, Fort Worth, TX 76102   
   >   
   > Apple piously warned me "Getting There Safely, Be safe and pay attention to   
   > your surroundings, Always observe posted signs and local laws", which, um,   
   > I'm sitting in my office chair, so thank you Apple for worrying about me.   
   >   
   > Below that is "Add Stop" with a big fat blue plus sign "(+)".   
   > So I add this stop: 100 Main St, Comfort, TX 78013   
   >   
   > It seems to have worked for me. But maybe I'm using a newer version of   
   > Apple Maps than you're using (I'm on iOS 18.0 and it says 18.2 is ready).   
   >   
   > If this were Android, I know how to get the version of any app (using   
   > Muntashirakon) but I don't know how to get the version of this Maps app.   
   >   
   > On iOS, how do we get the version of the Apple Maps app anyway?   
   >   
      
   The link I provided was to the beta desktop version. You had asked if it   
   works on other platforms. I used Windows 10 and Google Chrome for that one.   
   I didn’t see a way to add stops on that version, but maybe I missed it.   
      
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