The question isn't about policy of Apps. The question would be to examine their policy regarding ADs as this is in regards to iAds...
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Apple Blocks Bloom.fm iAd Advertising Ahead of U.K. iTunes Radio Launch
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The question isn't about policy of Apps. The question would be to examine their policy regarding ADs as this is in regards to iAds...
It's not a bad analogy. It's the truth.
There is no law that says you have to allow your competitor to advertise on your products.
That is a good point and a subtle distinction. I assume that Apple would be able to simply kick Bloom.fm off the app store if they wanted. Maybe they should be happy that all that is happening is that they can't advertise on a competitor's platform.
Good. I support this decision as I don't think bloom.fm is a good experience compared to iTunes Radio. Apple cares passionately about the user experience, and they probably don't want people advertising products and services that deliver poor experiences to consumers.
Apple has to actually be launched here and have everyone using it to take over the radio industry.
Apple's new mottos:
- When you can't innovate, duplicate
- When you can't innovate, litigate
- When you can't compete on your own merits, use your muscle to destroy competitors
Apple IS the new MS.
- When you can't innovate, duplicate
- When you can't innovate, litigate
- When you can't compete on your own merits, use your muscle to destroy competitors
Apple IS the new MS.
mentioned it before but The CW gor example aired a commercial of their show The Originals during the commercial break of a show which aires on ABC Family at the same time telling them to switch the channel to see rral entertainment
How can a currently non-existent service possibly give a better experience than one that is already freely available?
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So? There's nothing illegal about allowing or not allowing that commercial. You found a case that the ABC Family channel had a CW ad on it. So what. The ABC Family channel took CW's money and aired an ad. Nothing illegal about that. Also nothing illegal if they chose not to. It's a free market - owners of the networks can do what they want.
How can a currently non-existent service possibly give a better experience than than one that is already freely available?
in their miiiiiiiiiiiind
Does Spotify run ads on Pandora or vice versa? Does bloom.fm have an app had was kicked off the AppStore? Are iOS users unable to use bloom.fm? Are iAds the only place they can advertise?
I know some have questioned the legality. I think more people are commenting that it seems like a stupid/silly/anti-competitive decision.
Hmm. I wonder why they still allow Google to advertise in iAd.
Google even runs iAds for its Google Maps app, which directly competes with Apple's own Maps app.
If Apple are going to be jerks, it seems mighty unfair to exclusively pick on the little guys.
And, come to think of it, why not just ban Bloom.fm from the app store completely if they don't want the competition? It's not like they haven't done that before!
Google even runs iAds for its Google Maps app, which directly competes with Apple's own Maps app.
If Apple are going to be jerks, it seems mighty unfair to exclusively pick on the little guys.
And, come to think of it, why not just ban Bloom.fm from the app store completely if they don't want the competition? It's not like they haven't done that before!
Apple's platform, Apple's rules. You don't have "rights" when you rent a spot in iOS, you pay and play by their rules.
well you asked the last time someone saw an ad of another network on a network and i answered?
try that in the EU and see how far you come
Actually in the UK the anaolgy falls down because a broadcaster cannot refuse to take general advertising from rival networks in that way.
There are specific rules which mean they can refuse to show commercials that mention days and times for programming. This is why you often see a reedited version of a network's own trailer during an ad break on another channel, but which only says "this week" instead of something like "Wednesday 10pm"
Broadcasters cannot refuse advertising on a per-advertiser basis, it has to be done as a general rule. So they freely could chose not to accept advertising from any computer manufacturer, but they could not enter into an agreement with Dell to only show their ads and ban Apple ones, for example. That would be seen as an abuse of their position.
So if they wanted to ban rival networks from advertising, they would then be unable to promote their own sister stations. So the analogy would be that if Apple wanted to ban advertising from rivals, they would then be unable to advertise their own service. At least if the same broadcasting regulations applied online, which is another reason the analogy does not work.
Amazing business model.
Probably less than 10 employees.
Imagine having 1,000,000 users paying a £1/month.
Wow.
How hard is this to set up?
Probably less than 10 employees.
Imagine having 1,000,000 users paying a £1/month.
Wow.
How hard is this to set up?
Bash is hyperbole. People are discussing whether or not they agree with Apple's decision.
Are you taking the debate too personally?
Every ad agency/outlet reserves the right to decide which adverts they carry, why should Apple/iAds be any different? There's certainly no legal obligation for ad carriers to carry any ad they're asked to, there's loads of instances of magazines, TV channels, web sites openly declining to carry specific adverts for various reasons, this is no different and nothing new. If I offer advertising space on a website I own and a Neo-nazi organisation wants me to carry their advert, of course I have the right to say "no".
well you asked the last time someone saw an ad of another network on a network and i answered?
try that in the EU and see how far you come
I'm in the EU, I don't care.
hes asking a question for something he apparently dosent know the answer to and you call that "reason".
btw where i live rivals in tv industry show ads from each other.
apple is becoming everything mac users hated a decade or two ago