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<p dir="auto">Append “<code>_nomap</code>” to the end of your SSIDs to instruct Google not to use your wi-fi access point for their mapping services.</p>
<p dir="auto">To do the same for Apple, add “<code>_optout</code>” to the end of your SSIDs¹.</p>
<p dir="auto">To boycott both, the rumor is that Google’s “<code>_nomap</code>” must be last, but Apple’s “<code>_optout</code>” flag must be in the penultimate position if and only if Google’s token is at the end. So you might have an SSID like “boycottCloudflare_optout_nomap” to boycott the baddies, for example. But note that “boycottCloudflare” is merely symbolic, to raise awareness of the web’s most harmful enshitifier.</p>
<p dir="auto">¹ sorry to say I have no reference to cite for the Apple rules. It’s just a rumor.</p>
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<h2>update</h2>
<p dir="auto">The Apple opt-out procedure has apparently changed to align with Google. Someone refers to <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/102515" rel="nofollow ugc">this page</a> for Apple.</p>
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