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Why iAds are great for everybody!
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I believe there are paid apps that also contain advertisements now.
Making it easier for developers to add ads will only mean that more apps (free & paid) will have them.
If developers of purchased ads can get money for ads, they will definitely add them. Then you will have to deal with not only paying for an app, but paying for the data usage on your account. Anyone who thinks developers will ignore a chance to make more money is dreaming.
How long before Apple sees it as so good that it puts ads in the music player? wouldn't it be sooo great if you are playing a song and it gets interrupted by an ad for something related?
If developers of paid apps can make money on ads they will put them in. They might lose some buyers, but enough of the others will still buy them.
And how can you be sure they won't tweak the ads so that they just pop up?
I'm surprised that some paid apps already have ads - I would have expected a backlash against those. That said, iAds won't change that - simply means they'll be different ads.
It's not difficult to add Admob ads anyway - it's literally a 5-minute job. I expect it to be the same (or, perhaps even harder) to implement iAds.
It will almost certainly be against the TOS to do so. However, if developers are paid on a CPM basis as I mentioned earlier, there would be no incentive for them to do this anyway.
A lot of good points here - thanks for all the feedback!
It appears that most of you are open to the iAds as long as they don't change the current frequency of advertising. Specifically, most of you are okay with them in the free apps but not paid apps. I too would hope that this is the way they are implemented. I don't mind if they are in some paid apps if it results in a good discount on the price of the app.
There are some relatively expensive apps that could get a very good discount by using iAds. But it would be nice to have both options. For example, an app that normally costs $15 could perhaps have an ad-supported version for $5? I think the market will ultimately dictate how all of this plays out. Obviously, there will be a huge uproar if EVERY app starts to have these ads in them all over the place. But if done right, they really could improve the economy of the app store.
It appears that most of you are open to the iAds as long as they don't change the current frequency of advertising. Specifically, most of you are okay with them in the free apps but not paid apps. I too would hope that this is the way they are implemented. I don't mind if they are in some paid apps if it results in a good discount on the price of the app.
There are some relatively expensive apps that could get a very good discount by using iAds. But it would be nice to have both options. For example, an app that normally costs $15 could perhaps have an ad-supported version for $5? I think the market will ultimately dictate how all of this plays out. Obviously, there will be a huge uproar if EVERY app starts to have these ads in them all over the place. But if done right, they really could improve the economy of the app store.
Apple always benefits, and good for them, but not for me, I get $0.
If you really believe that you should have been buying AAPL stock all along. And you would have done very well.
Apple stock is too expensive for me to buy ($200/share minimum). I just rather look to someone else.
Actually, I bought AMD stock back when it hit $1.08/share in 2009. I am now reaping the benefits of that wise buy. AMD stock is at $9.53/share. I nice $8.45/share gain. Also, I bought like 300 shares, so yes, its nice.
iAds is the trojan horse
iAds are extremely important and is the trojan horse in the 4.0 announcement.
-It basically will start to kill Flash ads because it will push devs to make them in HTML5
-makes ads that users will more likely to click on
-it now allows a way for ads to be served to the AppleTV (the same goes for all iDevices as well) when it adopts the iPhone OS. This now means that networks can treat iAds similar to the way they do as network ads with better interactivity and probably free content. Users could interact with the ads through their iPhone, iPad & touch.
-puts a serious dent in Google's dominance of ads. Google may not even be able to do the same with Android considering the FTC is already after them with AdMob.
iAds are extremely important and is the trojan horse in the 4.0 announcement.
-It basically will start to kill Flash ads because it will push devs to make them in HTML5
-makes ads that users will more likely to click on
-it now allows a way for ads to be served to the AppleTV (the same goes for all iDevices as well) when it adopts the iPhone OS. This now means that networks can treat iAds similar to the way they do as network ads with better interactivity and probably free content. Users could interact with the ads through their iPhone, iPad & touch.
-puts a serious dent in Google's dominance of ads. Google may not even be able to do the same with Android considering the FTC is already after them with AdMob.
iAds doesn't make it easier to put ads in apps, it's already incredibly easy to put ads now with AdMob. iAds it just a better implementation of those ads.
iAds makes it easy to make HTML5 ads with an incredible amount of depth. The ads you currently see on the iPhone (third party apps) will no longer be allowed by Apple.
This could change the music industry. End user could downlaid and listen to music legally and free of charge but agreeing to clicking on the sponsoring advertiser. The advertiser then pay for our music. Free and legal music download sites could become very popular and attractive to advertisers. The sharing has to be worked out though.
Link? I saw nothing about the current ads not being allowed, only that the iAd option would be available.
Haha that was HILARIOUS. That proves Apple can brand anything and people will want it. I don't think if any other company announced ads, anyone would say I'm looking forward to it! Next up, iCrap.
But no I'm just kidding I see your point, and I am in that way looking forward to it as well
Just reading your first line I couldn't resist replying.This goes without saying. Do you really believe that Apple will allow AdMob ads with iAds built into the SDK? This is the whole point of iAds. They are closing out Google and any other ad competitors on the iPhone OS.
It makes the potential purchase of AdMob by Google pointless.
I downloaded Chess With Friends for free. It has heinous ads, but I loved the app. So I bought the ad-free version.
If the app was free with no ads, I wouldn't have bought the paid version. What does this mean? No $$$ for the developer.
If there was no free version with ads, I would've not bothered buying the app in the first place. What does this mean? No $$$ for the developer.
iAds makes those ads better and easier to tolerate. Maybe even cooler.
What's there to complain and whine about? Without iAds you'll still see ads.
If the app was free with no ads, I wouldn't have bought the paid version. What does this mean? No $$$ for the developer.
If there was no free version with ads, I would've not bothered buying the app in the first place. What does this mean? No $$$ for the developer.
iAds makes those ads better and easier to tolerate. Maybe even cooler.
What's there to complain and whine about? Without iAds you'll still see ads.
Are the ads going to be targeted? Apple has alot of info on us so it seems plausible.
I'd personally rather have targeted ads with stuff that I might need, than getting ads for makeup, toys, tampons etc..
I'd personally rather have targeted ads with stuff that I might need, than getting ads for makeup, toys, tampons etc..
Well, I guess you're part right but they have basically killed any real reason for third party ads like AdMob in the new SDK. They just found another way to ban them.
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20100412/is-apple-closing-off-the-iphone-to-rival-ad-networks/
From the article:
They’re concerned about language in the contract that seems to ban apps from transmitting data that third-party ad networks would use to track their ads’ performance. If they’re right, Apple’s contract would severely handicap rival “in-app” ad networks–like Google’s AdMob–without formally banning them.
“Ads don’t exist without analytics,” says a mobile ad executive. “Can’t measure it, can’t bill for it.”