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TapSense Announces Platform to Bring Contextual Ads to Apple Watch [Updated]
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Ads on Apple Watch
My enthusiasm for the Apple Watch is waning more and more as the days go by. I think revealing it nearly 1/2 a year before actually offering it for sale was a bad move. If it will have ads on it, I personally won't want one.
My enthusiasm for the Apple Watch is waning more and more as the days go by. I think revealing it nearly 1/2 a year before actually offering it for sale was a bad move. If it will have ads on it, I personally won't want one.
For all of those complaining, it seems you don't realize that Google ads already size to the Apple Watch and will already be there. It's not as if we were going to get away with being ad-free on the device if companies didn't create dedicated products for it.
Also seems you don't realize what advertising pays for. I'm willing to bet countless services you use are paid for by ads. Use Twitter, Facebook, MacRumors, or any Google product?
It's not awesome but it's a necessary evil.
Also seems you don't realize what advertising pays for. I'm willing to bet countless services you use are paid for by ads. Use Twitter, Facebook, MacRumors, or any Google product?
It's not awesome but it's a necessary evil.
That might change sooner than later. Which apps do you use so far on your Android watch?
http://tapsense.com/blog/2014/06/24...upport-wearables-including-pebble-smartwatch/
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See post above.
Did I miss something in your link? That only refers to Pebble, not Android Wear. Or did I miss that?
The reaction is understandable. Ads on a tiny screen like a watch seems absurd.
But I am sure if you don't want ads, you can avoid them. Apple apps and apps that you pay for most likely don't have ads.
Chances are ads support apps will figure out how to monetize on the phone. And like successful virus don't kill their host in general, apps that show ads on iWatch would fail if the ads are so intrusive that people don't use them. So perhaps instead of displaying a banner ads, it would display a small logo, like a Nike swoosh or an IBM icon.
But people like to vent, even when their venting is illogical
Me, I pay for the apps that I don't want ads, put up with them, or avoid them.
But I am sure if you don't want ads, you can avoid them. Apple apps and apps that you pay for most likely don't have ads.
Chances are ads support apps will figure out how to monetize on the phone. And like successful virus don't kill their host in general, apps that show ads on iWatch would fail if the ads are so intrusive that people don't use them. So perhaps instead of displaying a banner ads, it would display a small logo, like a Nike swoosh or an IBM icon.
But people like to vent, even when their venting is illogical
Me, I pay for the apps that I don't want ads, put up with them, or avoid them.
These ads are so amazing they can display themselves right over the bezel where there is no screen.
No solar power, no atomic clock, needs an iPhone to work, not waterproof, not shock resistant.
What else did I miss?
What else did I miss?
This would alienate me
This is horrible ... ad supported wearables ...
I can see it now ... $400 for the watch +$9.99 to remove the ads ...
Having said that, I can guarantee you that Apple WILL NOT do this as a default or without an option to turn it off.
This is horrible ... ad supported wearables ...
I can see it now ... $400 for the watch +$9.99 to remove the ads ...
Having said that, I can guarantee you that Apple WILL NOT do this as a default or without an option to turn it off.
At first I was thinking that's hardly a fair question since we don't know how many ad-based apps you use. But then I remembered, the Microsoft Band doesn't support third-party apps.
So I guess just the built-in Starbucks one, then?
When did Apple say it would have ads on it?
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When has Apple ever done this? My iPhone and iPad are not ad supported, neither are Macs. You must have Apple confused with Amazon which does ship ad supported devices that you have to pay to remove the ads.
Because TapSense basically announced the same system for the iWatch as they already have announced for the Pebble? You're "funny".
http://tapsense.com/blog/2014/06/24...upport-wearables-including-pebble-smartwatch/
That was back in June last year, I haven't seen any ads on my Pebble. I wonder if the Pebble company blocked them?
TapSense is a mobile ad startup. If anything they're just looking for press attention. There is not one shred of evidence that Apple will be promoting ads on Watch. But if TapSense is looking to do this on Watch it's laughable to think they won't be targeting Android Wear as well.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/24/tapsense-pebble-support/
Having options for ad supported apps for those who don’t want to pay for them is good….But I wouldn’t call this “fantastic news.” I think that the people who could afford a luxury item, like this watch, surely could also afford the price a few ad-free apps. To me, apps on a watch would be extremely annoying. I don’t know, I just don’t understand your level of enthusiasm for this rumor. Do you really think that ads on the watch would improve our lives? I have yet to feel like any ads have improved my life. Be it on my phone or computer...or tv or anywhere else.
Wait a minute, so I'm gonna get ads on a watch I paid for without those companies subsidizing it? Yeah, I'll stick with my regular no-ads-supported watch
