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Apple Further Expanding Into Ads, Now Directly Selling Ads in News App
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A lot of people are acting like ads in Apple News+ are something new. It has always had ads. While I don’t love that, I understand the issue.
The real news here, to my mind, is that it looks like Apple is ditching those scammy Taboola ads it had started serving lately. I’d much rather get Apple’s managed ads than that crap that Taboola peddles.
The real news here, to my mind, is that it looks like Apple is ditching those scammy Taboola ads it had started serving lately. I’d much rather get Apple’s managed ads than that crap that Taboola peddles.
Also the recommendation system of Apple apps/services are so bad!
I don’t care about what’s trending, or what other people want to see/listen to. Give me recommendations that I would actually care about..
I don’t care about what’s trending, or what other people want to see/listen to. Give me recommendations that I would actually care about..
Maybe the ads will stop being pictures of women with big breasts trying to sell me solar, life insurance, or second mortgages.
Seriously, all the ads I see in Apple News are for clickbait scams.
Seriously, all the ads I see in Apple News are for clickbait scams.
So Apple is still insisting on a 30% cut on everything
This is digital Feudalism and it can only get worse if we keep allowing it
That’s why I was glad the EU and FCC have been perusing anti-trust action against companies like Apple, Google, and Amazon who are practicing Digital Feudalism
This is digital Feudalism and it can only get worse if we keep allowing it
That’s why I was glad the EU and FCC have been perusing anti-trust action against companies like Apple, Google, and Amazon who are practicing Digital Feudalism
I already know News had ads, but it is still disappointing to see Apple expanding on advertising.
“We build products that we want for ourselves, too, and we just don’t want ads.”
-Steve Jobs, 2011
“We build products that we want for ourselves, too, and we just don’t want ads.”
-Steve Jobs, 2011
I'm also not forced to look at it for 30-45 seconds. I can simply flip the page.
But aren’t ads already in Apple News? We now know the straw that broke your back.
You could just not use the app, if it was. You’d rather the choice not exist? Do they not have ads in Finnish online news sources?
Apple News has no great value. It's neither News nor very balanced. 80% are magazines.
Or you read books, have hobbies that do not involve a screen.
Perhaps visit friends , play cards, board games.
Go for a walk, play with your kids/dog.
You know all the things people did BEFORE the internet.
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It is plainly obvious that most of the commenters here have no idea what the News app is. The News app is free to download and free to use. It contains a large amount of content that people find useful. Like the Apple TV app there is a subscription tier called News+, like Apple TV+. News+ contains additional and exclusive content. You are not required to subscribe to use the News app. It’s free and I use it frequently without subscribing to News+. Tons of websites and subject matter you can add to your Favorites or Following tabs. Subscribing to News+ gets to you access to various magazines and newspapers that have signed on.
But you DO NOT have to subscribe to anything to use it. Why is that hard to understand?
But you DO NOT have to subscribe to anything to use it. Why is that hard to understand?
Except Apple News + is not free, and shoving ads down the throat of paying users is criminal. I’m stopping my subscription and will use alternative services.
Just fill the summaries with ads.
"This Apple Intelligence summary is brought to you by Carls Jr - **** you im eating!".
I did, until I ended my subscription. That, and the rather tabloid-y standard of news was one of the reasons I stopped subscribing. Has it changed, then? Do others see ads? I saw loads, all over the place.
Like everyone else, I want fewer ads, not more. To be fair, however, back in the olden days when people subscribed to printed newspapers and magazines, those subscriptions were not some kind of a trade off. They did not get you an ad-free version of the publication. The subscription only got you a lower price than purchasing single copies at the newsstand. Both ways came with ads and both ways came at a cost to the reader.
I suppose on-the-fly formatting would make it easier to create ad-free versions of online publications, but $13 a month isn't going to pay for access to dozens or hundreds of publications, ad-free.
The publishing business' biggest mistake was being too dumb or lazy to figure out the new business model, and giving it away for free at the dawn of the internet age. That's when the camel's nose got under the tent, and it's not the tent or camel that you think it is. As the print world collapsed, everyone was already trained to think news content should be free.
Apple News + is a literal newsstand in your pocket, and everybody here seems to think 13 bucks is enough to cover the cost of everything in the store. I have news for you: you are the camel, and you have crawled all the way into that tent.
I suppose on-the-fly formatting would make it easier to create ad-free versions of online publications, but $13 a month isn't going to pay for access to dozens or hundreds of publications, ad-free.
The publishing business' biggest mistake was being too dumb or lazy to figure out the new business model, and giving it away for free at the dawn of the internet age. That's when the camel's nose got under the tent, and it's not the tent or camel that you think it is. As the print world collapsed, everyone was already trained to think news content should be free.
Apple News + is a literal newsstand in your pocket, and everybody here seems to think 13 bucks is enough to cover the cost of everything in the store. I have news for you: you are the camel, and you have crawled all the way into that tent.
Don’t use Apple News and have stopped using the App Store unless there’s something specific I want to download because of ads. Will also stop using Maps if they put adds there as planned. Apple charges premium prices, if they want to push ads on us then lower prices or better yet don’t do it? You’re gonna gain a few extra billions to make shareholders happy while destroying your brand. I hope the next CEO has the balls to axe the ad department.