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The iOS 9 Content Blocker thread

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johannnn

johannnn

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Nowadays, I expect a certain time of free updates when I buy an app. To release an app and then 48h later just give it up is a complete joke.

And most of my tech savvy friends doesn't know that a refund policy exists.
 
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KALLT

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To quote myself:
KALLT said:
My concern with Peace is that it’s made by a developer who has stakes in online publishing, so I’m not sure whether I would trust anyone like that.
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I knew that Marco Arment was not to be trusted. Less than 48 hours and he removes the app from the store. You don’t spend days or weeks developing such an app and then changing your mind after a serious cash-in, especially after he wrote his critical essay. Despicable.

Don’t buy apps from developers who have a conflict of interest.
 
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Ludatyk

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poobear said:
Nowadays, I expect a certain time of free updates when I buy an app. To release an app and then 48h later just give it up is a complete joke.

And most of my tech savvy friends doesn't know that a refund policy exists.
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Completely agree. He should have known going into this the ramifications that would occur. He speaks on working on Overcast & not feeling any burden.

Someone else is just going to take his spot... Which he acknowledges of using other content blockers, but to simply jump out of the race... it's not as if he's breaking the law.
 
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Warbrain said:
Yep. The worst part is that a lot of people haven't been billed yet for that purchase so they can't process a refund. They won't remember until it's too late.

What a ****ing ass.
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Even worse, most people don't know that you can even request a refund... and there is no guarantee Apple will issue one.
 
matrix07

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Warbrain said:
Marco is spineless. Someone else better get on using Ghostery's database and not back out like a child. Going to save this app on my Mac and request a refund. He doesn't get my money anymore.
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Yeah.. I understand this completely. This is like a slap on the face of his customers. Next time he make a new app one question will arise immediately: how long before he pull it?

He's simply not sticking to his own apps. A couple he sold off, one after only a few months. He shouldn't be trusted anymore.
 
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Warbrain

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matrix07 said:
Yeah.. I understand this completely. This is like a slap on the face of his customers. Next time he make a new app one question will arise immediately: how long before he pull it?
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Yep. He's burned a lot of bridges. The nerds will still champion him as a great developer but he's shown that he's a fish out of water when it comes to business.
 
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KALLT

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Warbrain said:
Apple is pretty lenient on refunds from my experience. I think the reason of "Dropped support after two days" is valid.
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If you asked for a refund too often in the past, Apple will not honour any requests anymore. So it might be fruitless or you will not even bother trying, knowing this. Apple is issuing the refund, not the developer.
 
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Cougarcat

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Warbrain said:
Marco is spineless. Someone else better get on using Ghostery's database and not back out like a child. Going to save this app on my Mac and request a refund. He doesn't get my money anymore.
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Good, get a refund. He's actively encouraging it on Twitter.

From his post it sounds like it was a mutual decision, and there won't be a Ghostery app at all in the future, until the backend these apps must use allow for more granular control:

Peace required that all ads be treated the same — all-or-nothing enforcement for decisions that aren’t black and white. This approach is too blunt, and Ghostery and I have both decided that it doesn’t serve our goals or beliefs well enough.
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It doesn't really make much sense to me but I'm sure we'll get a 2-hour explanation on ATP next week.
 
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Rigby

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BTW, there's an interesting story reporting that the company behind Adblock Plus is offering money to developers of iOS ad blockers to let ads from their whitelist through:

http://www.businessinsider.com/adblock-plus-acceptable-ads-policy-2015-9

I think this will become a problem. There is a lot of money in the advertising business, and many developers will be tempted to accept "bribes" of one kind or another. This is compounded by the lack of transparency for the user: Since you cannot see the filter list in the popular apps, you don't really know what is blocked and what isn't, particularly when it comes to invisible trackers ...
 
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