As this is all about paid search results in an app made by apple, none of these methods will do anything to minimize that.
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Apple Announces More Ads Coming to App Store Starting Next Week
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Would you rather want a 10% profit gain short term or 25% long term? That is what I think the man is missing out on. Eventually, people will leave Apple if they don't feel seen/heard/understood + new companies will challenge them and consumer needs. That is only healthy, but if you want people to stay with you even when your products arent really that amazing (personally I feel that is where Apple are right now), you want their loyalty. Tim seems willing to sacrifice that for quick profits. Sure, he is only CEO for a certain time so he can look good - but I don't see that as the best for the company long term.
I used to buy and try out new apps all the time before the App Store switched to gigantic pictures of apps that take up more than half the screen. The Today tab seems to be the same apps every time I see it. I spend a fraction of what I used to since their big change years ago. Every year I spend less and less because it just seems to be so muddled and an assault on the eyes. I think the only time I use it is to find alternatives to apps I have that are unsupported or switched to a subscription model or the occasional game. I rarely look for any new apps anymore.
The iPhone is much more than just a phone device and because of that, it can be opened up to advertising in a similar way content providers like newspapers, magazines, television channels, etc. do and have long done and in a similar way product retailers do and have long done.
There are a couple of MR news threads where Apple stated they wanted to triple their ad revenue so yes expect alot more ad's.
Such a coincidence though isn't it that Apple introduces App Tracking Transparancey which effectly put's a block on Facebook's ad's and other companies and Apple now fills that void with it's own ad's. Critics of Apple said this is exactly what Apple would do and they have done just that.
Such a coincidence though isn't it that Apple introduces App Tracking Transparancey which effectly put's a block on Facebook's ad's and other companies and Apple now fills that void with it's own ad's. Critics of Apple said this is exactly what Apple would do and they have done just that.
I would like to point out what many others may have already noticed: The ratings of the App Store are no longer trustworthy. Developers can buy positive reviews and it leads to scams. I recently installed 4.8 star+ reviewed apps to really wonder how they could be rated so high. I checked the reviews and sorted by "recent" everyone hated them, giving 1 stars, saying they were scammed, the app didn't work etc. Great reviews like, "I never leave reviews, but please don't install this!" kind of reviews. How did the app have a high average? Clearly fake and paid reviews. It's so sad what has happened to the App Store, and Apple needs to realize how important the App Store is to the Apple ecosystem and that undermining its trustworthiness will ultimately loose ground for the company.
I always read stuff like this, claimed without proof, and wonder. See, everyone uses the same app store, but only a certain few ever see the often alleged 1000’s of fake apps and fake reviews and scams.
Sure there have been a few, and I’m sure there are many, many terrible apps, but around every corner developers buying fake reviews? Scamming everyone they see? It just doesn’t add up to my real world usage. So unless proven by the poster, it’s automatic nonsense or hyperbole.
I'll take a look. Ads for Microsoft on Microsoft devices I think are less intrusive than random ones though.
Which services are these?
Not sure I've been looking hard enough but I haven't noticed any.
Yes how are they differentiating themselves anymore? How soon until they cave and allow sideloading too?
Yea and better just be other apps suggested based on your searching or what you get.
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That's what the $99-dev-account is for.
It's getting ridiculous. Why would someone pay a sub for a basic checkbook app when you can find one for one time 99 cents. And it wasn't totally the sub; it wss $10/yr. Maybe 99 cents a year.
I don't really game mobile anymore, so I only go to search for an app I want, and I might search the Internet first, so I can search the name on the phone and be done
I don't mind Google ads if I'm doing a general search, but if I'm looking for the exact website for a specific business, don't put others above it. Same with map ads.
Exactly! If Apple breaks privacy and allows sideloading, what reasons are left to stick to iOS?at this point what's the difference between android/ios?
price hikes and more ads? yey
Yes any high end cell phone is not required like eating is. I mean today, some sort of cell is "required", but you can just be like my dad, and go feature flip all the time. Like $70, and he kept his last until it literally fell apart at the hinge.
Agree. Anywhere I hate those types of ads. I don't mind top or side or even small ones in the middle of the article. But not popups or the ones that you have to scroll screens upon screens before the article appears again.
Yea I'm sure some of the big boys purposely buy ads space to block the little ones. Like big companies even need ads anymore. Just stop ads and lower prices. That will make me more likely to buy your product.
Interesting that they don't have an option to leave feedback for the App Store.
I just submitted my feedback under iPhone feature request to not add more ads to the App Store. If you posted here and didn't complain to Apple. We're all doomed.
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I just submitted my feedback under iPhone feature request to not add more ads to the App Store. If you posted here and didn't complain to Apple. We're all doomed.
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