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Apple Pauses Gambling Ads in App Store Pages After Developers Complain [Updated]
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Games with gambling elements such as loot boxes, randomized prizes, etc are harmful to children, conditioning them for gambling. Just like cigarette companies aren't allowed to advertise to children, Gambling shouldn't be allowed in video games. Legislation is needed, Apple should have been ahead of this. No users anywhere on the Apple platform can access adult-content themed around love and procreation, which is a subjectively biased policy towards the historical persecution of sexuality, but then they allow exploitation by these gambling games. Ridiculous!
Well yeah but that's because websites/forums cost money to keep online. Server costs, licensing costs, etc. And it isn't like you paid the forum owner for your device that you're reading it on. It is a lot more understandable there.
One of the first ads I saw was for Prager University. OMG. One of my most hated groups. Prager University is not a university. It is a front for ultra conservative messaging and one of my most hated ads when I see them on YouTube acting like they are a university providing information as if they are neutral and informative; propaganda in disguise. To heck with Prager University!
No, it's not like that, you do not understand how it used to work. Websites would get advertisers for the MAIN site and some of the money allowed the site to host a forum BUT the forum stayed ad free because ad's would only appear on the main site but what happened is the owners of the websites saw how much user traffic was going to an fro from their forums, sometimes thousands, millions of people going through the forum daily and website owners saw how they could capitalise on this and make more money by putting ad's in the forum. People argued and argued with website owners but ad's stayed and now you've got the situation where website owners are introducing 'premium monthly packages' where buyers of the premium package can be ad free.
Well considering I have been the owner/administrator of a forum for over 20 years, I think I know how it worked and works but thanks for assuming incorrectly. I stopped reading right there after your juvenile line.
For many years, I had no ads on the forum and just ate the lost money as a hobby. Then I added ads when I got tired of losing so much money as traffic increased. Then I eventually added a way to subscribe and not see ads. I did this to help pay for hosting and licensing costs. Exactly what I said above.
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Okay, enjoy your devices built by people who barely get paid a living wage. There's a reason Apple doesn't make iPhones in the USA, wonder why? Good luck with your morals.
Unless you change the option, App Store ads are targeted aka personalised, I don’t ever remember seeing a real money gambling or casino game placement on my devices, and the App Store has very good targeting and developers/advertisers don’t like to waste budget on bad targeted campaigns, that is what makes the App Store so good for ads.
The biggest thing I'm not a fan of is ads on the pages for apps. If you tap an app to read about it, there should be no ads on that page. That's the page for that app; at most have a section with similar apps but not paid for ads.
I think ads on search are okay as long as they're clearly marked (which they are.) The main caveat is that most of the ads will be for garbage because the biggest advertisers will be apps that benefit from people who make impulse purchases. They're the ones most likely to install apps from ads.
I think ads on search are okay as long as they're clearly marked (which they are.) The main caveat is that most of the ads will be for garbage because the biggest advertisers will be apps that benefit from people who make impulse purchases. They're the ones most likely to install apps from ads.
Dunno about that. I've been playing RPG's ever since forever. My character has a habit entering people's house uninvited and rummaging through their dressers/treasure chests/barrels for items. In front of the occupants no less.😲 I've been at for over 40 years. Not once have I had to urge to do this in real life.😉
I've played plenty of shoot 'em up FPS (started with Castle Wolfenstein) as well. Never shot anyone in my life.
Parents did their job. Good thing too. If they didn't, I'd probably be doing time for running a saw across a fat guy's head. Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk.
This is only possible if they are tracking you, something Apple denies doing.🤔
Christ. The other day I said App Store ads for other apps didn't bother me one bit. BUT THIS BOTHERS THE HELL OUTTA ME.
Quoting myself above, I'd like to also add that according to this Apple Insider article, there was serious strong internal opposition at Apple to ads in the App store.
Apple's lack of care with gambling app ads is a symptom of a bigger problem | AppleInsider
Apple can argue about privacy, it can claim to put users before anything else, but when its business runs on gambling ads, it's moving yet further away from its stated principles and becoming a gambling company.
appleinsider.com
I totally agree with the above. It cheapens the App store experience and it IS an insult to Apple users. Can I say "f" Apple?. =) So many of us try to get away from ads and now we have no choice but to actually see it because the ecosystem we chose to use is actually forcing us to see the ads (unless you never download any ads or explore App store for apps).
I'm hoping Apple will stop the ads rollout, rescind, tuck is sorry tail underneath itself, and say we'll rethink this and come out with version 2.0; and then, never actually come out with a plan and quietly sunset this stupid ads policy. You know, kinda like how CSAM went and how AirPower went.
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I’m glad Apple took the action. Please keep the developers happy.
Can't they just use some sense without needing people to complain?
Can't wait for the wacky weed ads, Pfizer boner pill ads, and liquor ads, the sky is the limit.
Not liking the direction that Apple is going at all… definitely going to slow down my purchases at this point.
Gambling or not, ads should not appear on the App Store. Period. That just doesn't make sense to me.
I completely agree with you. They're making weird decisions.
Ads in the app store, in maps, the news app and any Apple-made app is such a disgusting greedy idea.
We pay Apple a lot of money for these devices, now they're dumping ads on us IN THEIR OWN apps.
They take away chargers, charging cords, headphones, put ads in THEIR OWN apps, charge the app makers a higher percentage, they make hardly any difference year to hear in their product development.
The top people at Apple make tens and hundreds of millions of dollars every year... in the meantime we get squeezed.
Absolutely ridiculous.
Apple's insatiable appetite for money never ends.
We pay Apple a lot of money for these devices, now they're dumping ads on us IN THEIR OWN apps.
They take away chargers, charging cords, headphones, put ads in THEIR OWN apps, charge the app makers a higher percentage, they make hardly any difference year to hear in their product development.
The top people at Apple make tens and hundreds of millions of dollars every year... in the meantime we get squeezed.
Absolutely ridiculous.
Apple's insatiable appetite for money never ends.
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Devs: "I'm mad because Apple won't let me put p0rn or weed apps in their store!"
Also Devs: "I don't want gambling apps near mine!"
Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.
Also Devs: "I don't want gambling apps near mine!"
Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.