This. There used to be some really good games too in before all the in app purchase crap.
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Apple Pauses Gambling Ads in App Store Pages After Developers Complain [Updated]
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No one at Apple thought this was a bad idea until developers complained about it on social media? 😐
I can’t believe that Tim Cook or any of the other execs couldn’t see this problem coming. It makes me think they’re completely disengaged or out of touch. That should be a huge concern to Apple shareholders (like me) and everyone who cares about the company. What an easy way to ruin the brand. Do better, Apple exec team.
I think you should expect a little bit more from your beloved company not just being satisfied “it’s not worse than Android Play Store”. Our voices can eventually shape Apple so it’s always good expect more.
I think Apple peaked with the launch of the M1, but I see them as a company on the decline the way they're going right now. I see a lot of negative messages from even die-hard posters lately, and I'd say the general sentiment I'm seeing is starting to trend down.
I see a ballooning product lineup with way too much needless segmentation and ridiculously low-end base configurations as a means of trying to milk the upgrades. I see Apple stripping the value-add parts of the equation. They're getting hammered by governments around the world for anti-trust and anti-competitive business practices. The developers aren't happy with these ads mentioned in the article, and users aren't feeling great about a cheapened experience on their "premium" devices.
I think it's time to move on from Tim Cook.
I see a ballooning product lineup with way too much needless segmentation and ridiculously low-end base configurations as a means of trying to milk the upgrades. I see Apple stripping the value-add parts of the equation. They're getting hammered by governments around the world for anti-trust and anti-competitive business practices. The developers aren't happy with these ads mentioned in the article, and users aren't feeling great about a cheapened experience on their "premium" devices.
I think it's time to move on from Tim Cook.
This is getting insane.
It seems the time is coming where governments will need to pass laws that hardware manufacturers are not allowed to have a monopoly position on the app stores for their devices and must provide some opening.
It seems the time is coming where governments will need to pass laws that hardware manufacturers are not allowed to have a monopoly position on the app stores for their devices and must provide some opening.
I don’t care about their stupid crying at all. Half the apps are “problematic” for some whiner.
But I am very concerned that Apple wants to start driving all those ads. I pay the apple tax to avoid the Google and Facebook ad hell scape. No thanks.
But I am very concerned that Apple wants to start driving all those ads. I pay the apple tax to avoid the Google and Facebook ad hell scape. No thanks.
Fire the marketing department.
Marketers always do this garbage. They literally can’t help it. They’d sell ads on their mothers coffin if they could.
Fire everyone in-house and outsource it again.
Marketers always do this garbage. They literally can’t help it. They’d sell ads on their mothers coffin if they could.
Fire everyone in-house and outsource it again.
The fact that Apple is selling gambling apps alone is gross. I hope Apple gets rid of those & crypto currency apps as well. Something is rotten at if they need gambling apps to grow.
Well, I wouldn’t go as far as switching to Google (yet)! Their products are still far worse than Apple’s offerings, and in addition you have to contend with Goog’s data policies and lack of privacy.
But…this expansion of advertising throughout the App Store — and what’s NEXT(?), ads in MacOS or iOS or iPadOS? Ugh. That would definitely get me to drop them like a hot coal.
With regard to gambling apps—as others have mentioned, people destroy their lives with gambling. Addiction is a very real problem for many people (do I need to say this?), and having these ads pop up anywhere in this store is unethical. I do not have any kind of ‘moral’ problem with gambling—but just like cigarettes, alcohol, and other hard drugs, I do have a problem with advertising a health and life-destroying property.
What about ads that appear on my lock screen? I just got an ad for some marvel game on my lock screen from the app store, as a notification, and I have no idea why.
YES!!!! Definitely, this should be a restricted advertising category and people must be able to opt-out.
We are still all Apple fans. We just hold Apple to high standards and complain when they don't live up.
Apple pauses gambling ads… And should never allow them back again.
Pressing "pause" on these ads means they can press "play" when the controversy calms down a few weeks later.....
Everything that comes pre-installed that is not Mail.app or Music.app.
If I had the option to uninstall them I would be ok, but the fact that I cannot is what makes me mad.
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The state I lived in was one that allowed casinos to explode in the state, and at times, depending on the time of day, viewers could see what seemed like over a dozen casino and online gambling company commercials in an hour. The adds were very overt in the sexism and appeal to incels and other weirdos, and they all promised 'free money', and
'you can't lose money on your first day you sign up'. So basically trying to hook people on losing their money.
One guy spoke at a conference I was at in Vegas, and he said that people are complete fools to play digital games. He believed that at least with *some* level of chance based on physical dials gears and such, than 'fake chance' based on a completely digital program. And why are they going to digital games? The people that fix the mechanical ones make a lot of money apparently.
'you can't lose money on your first day you sign up'. So basically trying to hook people on losing their money.
One guy spoke at a conference I was at in Vegas, and he said that people are complete fools to play digital games. He believed that at least with *some* level of chance based on physical dials gears and such, than 'fake chance' based on a completely digital program. And why are they going to digital games? The people that fix the mechanical ones make a lot of money apparently.
And…people change, they can also be deceptive, or maybe were never who one thought they were to begin with. I can’t claim to understand what drives Tim Cook—he’s already head of one of the most profitable and wealthy businesses on the planet, one with a long and important history, and still very much relevant today. I understand that as CEO he needs to manage profitability and chart the next decades of the company (and that also means setting the revenue sources for the coming decades in place now), and I believe he wants to one day retire with satifsfaction at what he’s been a part of achieving.
This move, on the other hand, is crass and undermines the very foundation of what Apple has always been about.
Gambling destroys individuals, families, etc. It’s nearly impossible to avoid gambling commercials on TV anymore, with extremely popular celebrities pushing the crap. Now this. The whole thing makes me sick.
jobs hand picked Sculley. Your point? The board should have picked? The board also picked Sculley (over steve).
Wrong comparison. It's like when Kramer had the big neon Chicken sign blasting into his bedroom window. The business has to do its thing, but it's definitely not working out for the neighbor.
Of course he would be "offended" because there's a big red neon Chicken sign blasting in his face when he's just trying to sleep.
Really though, who would be happy that a trash app is being advertised right on top of your app that you've put your blood sweat and tears into? I mean come on this isn't rocket science. Cmonnnnnnnn.
The best of both worlds would be the gambling devs paying for ad space and Apple just not showing their ads. That and Apple taking a 90% cut for in-app purchases on EA games.