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Apple Considered Purchasing AdMob?

Say it ain't so...

There is enough ads out there already. I hate when my mouse pointer travels across a story and inadvertently runs across a link that triggers an ad. The internet is becoming absolutely disgusting that way.

Apple doesn't want all that billboard sticker advertising as one would fine on the palm rest of a PC laptop, I don't want the iPhone and associated apps heading in that direction!

So, please Apple, if you are reading this, although you did not purchase AdMob, please don't head down that road! Please....
 
redgaz26 said:
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Or maybe apphoo!!!
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Which is not too far (pronunciation wise) from a-pooh.

I think NOT.
 
nwcs said:
Why wouldn't it be legal? If people don't like it there are many other devices and plans to choose from.
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A long time ago- we're talking about pre 1950's I think, the film studios got in trouble because they controlled the production, distribution, and theaters. There was more then one studio, but because they controlled the entire chain it was deemed illegal, and that is why we have independently owned (ie not studio owned) theaters.
 
hagjohn said:
I do not want ads on my iPhone.
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Depending on your app you already have it, and just don't know it yet.

DipDog3 said:
Really, why? Google buying AdMob I can see that happening.

Apple will just create their own ad system and have it included in XCode.
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It's a PERFECT forward thinking marriage.

Why:
1) Admob online, mobile application, and even mobile site ads are increasing exponentially.
2) Admob adds for applications are growing inside MANY OS applicaitons:
iPhone, Symbian (current S60 5th Ed. & future: Nokia specifically has slides promoting its use since Nokia World 2008 last November for Latin American markets), and Blackberry.
3) This enabled Apple to have programmers OP'd - based on feedback - by use the users of iPod Touch/iPhone to NOT have ad's in our applications.

I find it INCREASINGLY annoying & disconcerting that the latest trend is for games to be offered free, have a system where proper enjoyment is to have us use our credit cards to uptake energy/mana/power etc (in app purchases) and yet STILL bombad us with imbedded ads!! They get paid twice?!

Screw that I want Apple to own it as another revenue stream which will grow into the future (beyond their own platform) and give us the option NOT to have it on our prefered platform: Touch OS.

Why else do you think Google wants Admob?! To leverage their online search ads/revenue to increase exponentially and as a revenue stream augmentation with increasing online search revenue competition from Yahoo/Microsoft/etc.

Watch what happens to Admob use come 2yrs in the future - it'll be mind boggling!
 
iPhoney:) said:
Apple should buy Yahoo, end of story! Google's tentacles are in just about every nook and cranny of the internet, it's time someone gave them a run for their money :apple:
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Considering the HUGE recent uptake of mobile surfing, smartphone growth, and increases of mobile site creations for multiple platforms in the past 2yrs - "the internet" will be Mobile before too long and increasingly coded for in tandem with standard HTML sites. I'm not refereing to WML or xhtml here either.

iPhoney:) said:
Apple should buy Yahoo, end of story! Google's tentacles are in just about every nook and cranny of the internet, it's time someone gave them a run for their money :apple:
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I agree - but the real monetary value comes with users purchasing apps that are payable by providers coffers when credit cards or vouchers are not an option - including countries where an Apple Store is not present (Europe/South Africa/Argentina/Brazil/Columbia/etc).

The potential for Admob to be not only on the standard internet, blogs, personal web pages, but ALSO imbedded in mobile applications for just about all major OS' on the market: this is where Apple could put much foot up Google's arse!!

RIM: Blackberry
Apple: iPhone (prefer not!)
Nokia: Maemo 5
Nokia, Samsung (no their not abandoning, although press misquoted), Vodafone, Orange, TIM, etc): Symbian OS
oh yeah and Google's: Android.
 
inkswamp said:
Save the drama. :rolleyes:

Given Apple's general philosophy of non-intrusive UI design, I would take them as an ad server over others any day. Wouldn't you love to see a ban on animated, flashing, dancing ads?
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What do you mean as an ad server? Like google adsense?

No thanks, they would like to keep 90% of my profits probably.
 
Apple should be taking steps to move into traditional Google territory since Google has been moving into 'territory' that Apple's has been but were held back because of Google having board members at Apple.
 
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sammich said:
Apple should be taking steps to move into traditional Google territory since Google has been moving into 'territory' that Apple's has been but were held back because of Google having board members at Apple.
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I think Google are far more likely to eat into Microsoft marketshare rather than Apple.

Chrome OS will most likely eat into Windows marketshare if its successful as a part of the Apple experience is a Mac + OSX. How many people will buy a Mac and use Chrome OS exclusively on it?

The Smartphone segment is more likely to eat into Microsoft and others. If you want an iPhone you can only use iPhone OS. Unless Google came out with a build of Android that could be flashed to the iPhone then the iPhone is safe from Android.

The Mac lineup is safe unless Google start producing highly stylized hardware (we all know Apple engineer some of the most astheticly pleasing computers compared to most oems).

The only space where I see Google stepping on Apple's toes is in the browser market but once again, Microsoft have more to lose here with the IE marketshare compared to Apple.

The press may have portrayed Google and Apple tensions recently but I think the two companies are getting on just fine.

It's Microsoft who have the uphill struggle against Google, not Apple. (Windows, Windows Mobile, Bing, Internet Explorer etc)
 
And for those of you who mocked my comment that I wish Apple had bought it so it would be controlled by a company that valued user experience and reduce the chance we'd start seeing obnoxious ads on the iPhone... here's your moment of zen.
 
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inkswamp said:
And for those of you who mocked my comment that I wish Apple had bought it so it would be controlled by a company that valued user experience and reduce the chance we'd start seeing obnoxious ads on the iPhone... here's your moment of zen.
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Apple could always block such ads if they wanted to. They do have the final say on what gets released.

I would really commend them if they made such a move.
 
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