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Re:Bay Area woman is on a crusade to prove Yelp reviews can’... by angry_moose on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @01:15PM (#36329150)
The Apple Maps integration seems to be most of what's propping them up these days. It's especially infuriating because you can only see about 2 reviews before you're prompted to download the Yelp app for "full access".

I thought Apple was supposed to be working on their own review system or switching to a different service, but I haven't seen anything come of that.

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Re:Bay Area woman is on a crusade to prove Yelp reviews can’... by schnable on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @01:36PM (#36329469)
Sometimes they show TripAdvisor reviews instead of Yelp.
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Re:Bay Area woman is on a crusade to prove Yelp reviews can’... by angry_moose on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @02:16PM (#36330148)
Huh. Wonder if it's a regional thing?

I don't recall ever seeing that and I just checked about 25 places in my city and none of them had TripAdvisor.

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Re:Bay Area woman is on a crusade to prove Yelp reviews can’... by schnable on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @04:12PM (#36331882)
Yes, I think so.
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Re:Bay Area woman is on a crusade to prove Yelp reviews can’... by jeromegv on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @04:31PM (#36332162)
It's definitely regional. Here in Toronto, checking for few addresses around me I see a mix of

-Apple Maps native reviews

-Yelp

-OpenTable

And I'm definitely seeing a lot less Yelp than I used to. At least in Toronto, yelp is pretty much dead anyway. People mostly use Google Maps.

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Re:Bay Area woman is on a crusade to prove Yelp reviews can’... by bombcar on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @02:25PM (#36330311)
Apple Maps is the only place left where I see it, and I wish I wouldn't.

It seems Apple Maps and Pay could result in good reviews, because they'd all be tied together.

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Re:Bay Area woman is on a crusade to prove Yelp reviews can’... by hospitalJail on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @03:27PM (#36331266)
Why would you use Apple maps though?

I havent used since I missed a turn. Why not use google maps?

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Re:Bay Area woman is on a crusade to prove Yelp reviews can’... by gnicholas on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @03:33PM (#36331350)
I use Apple Maps and do have some complaints, but I like when it tells you which lane(s) to be in as you approach freeway interchanges. Sometimes it's obvious where you're supposed to be (far right), but sometimes when consecutive exits are close together, you actually need to be 1 or 2 lanes over.
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Re:Bay Area woman is on a crusade to prove Yelp reviews can’... by OkayPhysicist on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @04:08PM (#36331827)
Google maps does that too?

"Use the left two lines to take exit 12 towards Buemont Street"

"Use the second from the right lane to continue on Sepulvada Drive"

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Re:Bay Area woman is on a crusade to prove Yelp reviews can’... by gnicholas on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @04:39PM (#36332276)
On my iPhone, I either use Apple Maps or Waze. I'm pretty sure Waze doesn't offer this, though I haven't updated the app in a while.
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