Ads in News+?? Is Apple serious?

[UndefinedxJoker]

So I recently upgraded to Apple One Premier (or whatever it’s called) since I use a lot of the services and needed the extra storage for the family. I’ve been checking out the News app and noticed a few ads when I clicked on articles but I figured those were put there by the publishers and wondered why Apple wouldn’t remove them.

Today I decided to click on one of them and lo and behold they are ads by Apple! I also saw one today on my main News feed promoting a specific publisher! Absolutely insane that I am paying over $30 a month and getting ads.

Don’t know if I’m late on this but wow. Seriously considering an alternative solution (if there even is one) and if Apple continues in this direction I might have to jump ship entirely.

 

[Sheepish-Lord]

Ads are everywhere in paid models even streaming services where you pay for no-ads there’s still some ads (Apple TV, Peacock). It’s highly prevalent in the subscription based services currently. The industry is really testing consumers and most folks will probably go back to pirating or getting rid of services in lieu of something else like cloud vs local backup.

There’s an article recently about Windows 11 getting ads on the start menu under the guise of improving user experience. Like GTFO ha!

 

[pacorob]

You definitely expect for a subscription service to not see advertisements. Apple is unfortunate changing their model more and more towards ads now also in News+ and promoting horrible apps in the App Store as long as they have in-app purchases and Apple earns big money instead of promoting actual high quality apps, games with a pay once model. I'm now using third party websites and apps (with proper filters) to find/discover high quality apps that are in the App Store but almost impossible to find with the limited App Store filters and to find between all the ads.

 

[AZhappyjack]

Welcome to the new Apple...

 

[Greatniss]

You definitely expect for a subscription service to not see advertisements. Apple is unfortunate changing their model more and more towards ads now also in News+ and promoting horrible apps in the App Store as long as they have in-app purchases and Apple earns big money instead of promoting actual high quality apps, games with a pay once model. I'm now using third party websites and apps (with proper filters) to find/discover high quality apps that are in the App Store but almost impossible to find with the limited App Store filters and to find between all the ads.

Care to share the name of these 3rd party apps?

 

[pacorob]

Care to share the name of these 3rd party apps?

Sure here you go (a post from August 2022). I use AppRaven mainly on a daily basis mainly for the excellent collections (although there are hundreds around from many users (including the developer himself). I also created quite a few. The search results aren't the best but has great filters though to see apps without subscription and such.

 

[heretiq]

So I recently upgraded to Apple One Premier (or whatever it’s called) since I use a lot of the services and needed the extra storage for the family. I’ve been checking out the News app and noticed a few ads when I clicked on articles but I figured those were put there by the publishers and wondered why Apple wouldn’t remove them.

Today I decided to click on one of them and lo and behold they are ads by Apple! I also saw one today on my main News feed promoting a specific publisher! Absolutely insane that I am paying over $30 a month and getting ads.

Don’t know if I’m late on this but wow. Seriously considering an alternative solution (if there even is one) and if Apple continues in this direction I might have to jump ship entirely.

I agree 100%. I don’t get it. Ad-driven business models are corrosive. I went all-in on Apple because I thought they were above this with their “you are the customer, not the product” public stance; however, this Apple ad revenue push says otherwise. Big disappointment.

 

[Canyda]

I paid $100 for Cable TV and got 16 minutes of ads for every hour of TV watched.

 

[pacorob]

I paid $100 for Cable TV and got 16 minutes of ads for every hour of TV watched.

That is why most no longer watch live tv stations I think besides the costs for paying for tv stations that are airing ads as well (especially a lot in the US I noticed during a holiday years ago). There are good streaming alternatives without ads and only keeping cable, glassfiber for internet.

 

[floral]

That is why most no longer watch live tv stations I think besides the costs for paying for tv stations that are airing ads as well (especially a lot in the US I noticed during a holiday years ago). There are good streaming alternatives without ads and only keeping cable, glassfiber for internet.

Yes, cable was seen by many as an allout scam by people even in the 90's, and yet there was no solution until companies were able to pick up that we were unhappy with cable.

Therefore, streaming services trickled in around the 2010's. People were grateful, happy, satisfied.

And then companies made another discovery, that they can milk it to the extreme... so they did. Meet over $15/week payments to watch a select few channels, with ads, and if you pile them all up... it costs more than cable did.

It always goes like this... Problem, solution, monetization.

 

[cosmo811]

If I'm paying a subscription, it's to avoid ads. It's binary. I will not pay a subscription to still see ads.