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Apple Pauses Gambling Ads in App Store Pages After Developers Complain [Updated]
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Just leave the App Store as is, please. Stop messing around with it.
What everyone seems to be missing is that Apple doesn’t get a cut from gambling apps. There aren’t in-app purchases, you just deposit money with the sportsbooks…
Steve also wouldn't have allowed the atrocities that Craig has inflicted upon macOS.
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I fully expect to see ads for scam apps that are fake clones of the real ones. Apple has done basically nothing to stop that - I was looking a couple of months ago for 'the room' and had to wade through several fake apps to get to the real one.
Why isn't gaming a restricted category? Anything that's 18 and over only should never appear unless both users and the app page owners have opted in.
Why isn't gaming a restricted category? Anything that's 18 and over only should never appear unless both users and the app page owners have opted in.
Oh, I'd save Nolan for Zuckerberg. Cook is more like the product placement people who ensure that the can of coke is always logo visible in the movie. Annoying, but not creepy.
Apple is headed down the Google path.
Remember years ago when Googles motto was do no evil?
Money corrupts.
Remember years ago when Googles motto was do no evil?
Money corrupts.
This ^
Tim and company are putting everything at risk with these decisions.
This is awful to watch
I feel this year has been such a weird year for apple with lots of faux pas across their releases from software bugs to hardware hit and misses compared to previous years. Is it just me noticing or is it that more people have been reporting the issues on social media and news outlets etc. I remember when bend gate (or flex gate?) was the only thing we used to talk about back in the day..😄.
No one likes to see ads. But everyone will have to adjust to Apple’s new ad placements.
Tim Cook made iPhone 14 lineup stupidly expensive in europe, iPad lineup is a complete mess and they raised prices for them and older iPads. Tim Cook raised prices for their services and now ads in App Store.
At this rate Im looking forward to Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, as Im not luckily glued into Apples ecosystem.
At this rate Im looking forward to Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, as Im not luckily glued into Apples ecosystem.
Not an App Store related ad, but that reminded me of an ad that popped up a while back on a game my daughter was playing. Jenny McCarthy talking about making money playing Solitaire. Yep…definitely a relevant ad to show in a kids game 🤦♂️
Not a fan of this change in the App Store. At all.
Developers can just pull their app from Apple's store and put it in a competing one ... oh wait...
Sometimes I like App Store showing ads, for avoiding what I should not get.
“The App Store has corrupted such a great company so deeply”
—> Eddie Cue
—> Eddie Cue
The funny thing is, at the time you posted this, absolutely no one was saying this is a good thing. The only really predictable post was yours, actually.
I wonder if these ads are a response to the prospect of Apple losing a chunk of commission as a result of the DMA?
If Apple are forced to forgo a significant amount of revenue from in-app purchases, they have to make it up somehow.
Its interesting that some people have also observed that Apple are becoming more like Google, but this would be a natural consequence to EU regulation and an alarm that a number of people have rung.
If Apple are forced to forgo a significant amount of revenue from in-app purchases, they have to make it up somehow.
Its interesting that some people have also observed that Apple are becoming more like Google, but this would be a natural consequence to EU regulation and an alarm that a number of people have rung.
If Apple is going down the path of Google then there is really no point in paying more for their hardware. The best thing about Apple has been their ecosystem. While I can avoid the App Store for the most part, I won’t be so forgiving if they place ads on my iPhone and iPad. After all Apple isn’t a starving company. This is just slimy and detestable imo.
Haven’t been following, but a **** up like this would have Edward Cues fingerprints all over it.
Sprinkling the seeds of weeds in their own walled garden…
I don’t think promoting gambling is even allowed in all but 1 states here in Germany.
Also „you may also like“ seems completely misleading as anyone can just buy a spot. It should be limited to the same category at least like wtf
Also „you may also like“ seems completely misleading as anyone can just buy a spot. It should be limited to the same category at least like wtf
Do you see gambling apps being promoted?
This is the criticism of having ads in the App Store, it’s effectively paid product placement, regardless of context.
But alas, the App Store will need to continue to generate revenue once the DMA goes live.
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