XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: andys@nospam.com   
      
   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?   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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