Or it is considered a tech company because EC2, S3, Route 53 and all the other AWS things
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You know that an Android device out of the box has no ads and any user data usage/collection of any kind is optional, don't you?
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Apple Rumored to Be Considering Launching an Ad Exchange
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Or it is considered a tech company because EC2, S3, Route 53 and all the other AWS things
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You know that an Android device out of the box has no ads and any user data usage/collection of any kind is optional, don't you?
If you're saying that Apple's position and track record with regards to user data collection and privacy is truly same as Google's, then I think that's just word games. The reality is, collecting user data is where Google makes their millions, and it's why Google services are free. And getting people to use Google services for the purpose of data collection is why Android exists, and why it is given away free to phone makers.
Also, not all Android devices are alike "out of the box," and using Android with Google services all turned off is not really the full or typical Android experience.
Dear John.B
Worry not. Through iAds, we are only combining synergies, shift paradigms, and innovating in the area of personal interaction with your iDevice. You will continue to enjoy your iDevice just as you always have... only more so.
Sincerly
Apple
p.s. Southwest Airlines has chosen to send you a special promotion on flights to areas that may interest you.
(map of Flyover Country would be here if I knew how to add images)
No, I'm saying what I have said. Android doesn't have ads and collecting information is opt in exactly like iOS.
I thought that Google was the evil one ho used your personal info to sell you stuff.
Et tu, Apple?
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Apple both sells you a phone at a huge profit margin AND mines your data. Anything for a buck...
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Maybe THAT is how Apple will increase screen size i their phones, but still have them be able to be operable with one hand? The excess screen real estate will be occupied by ads!
Best of both worlds!
Et tu, Apple?
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Apple both sells you a phone at a huge profit margin AND mines your data. Anything for a buck...
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Maybe THAT is how Apple will increase screen size i their phones, but still have them be able to be operable with one hand? The excess screen real estate will be occupied by ads!
Best of both worlds!
Pull your head out of your @**. People hating ads doesn't make them sheep even if their reasons are wrong. On top of being annoying, ads are worthless because they do nothing to help you make an informed logical decision when purchasing products and services.
Holding an unpopular opinion doesn't make you intelligent. You're just stupid for being contrarian.
I realize this is the general impression, but when you have spent time relying on advertising for your livelihood, you'll feel better. It allows people to view high quality content for free, while the authors of that content still make money. Without advertising, you're going to have to pay - not just for your apps and TV, but for your news, your forum, and practically everything.
Yeah… on balance I think I'd prefer that. People always say ads mean you get stuff 'for free'… but it's not really for free, it's just payment in other ways… whether it's time, mindshare, or an indirect part of the price you pay for everything that is still paid for but has an advertising budget... I think a world without advertising would have got by just fine, but it's hard for us to imagine because we've all lived with it all our lives.
Don't get me wrong, I understand the reality of the situation, it's just not a situation I like. And so would prefer Apple not be drawn into that - they are, to me, very a much a company whose products you pay for, not a company who give you free stuff in order to make you the product like some of their rivals. Apart from anything else, it's a point of differentiation, giving consumers the choice. I'd hate that to be compromised. I am glad iAds was a relative flop for this reason, it's just not a business I really want Apple to have a profit motivation for.
Thank you!, I knew that, I hope the rest of the fanboys realize apple is no angel compared to google
Apple's CEO isn't the one who said their business was to get "right up to" the "creepy line", but don't cross it. Apple's business is staying far, far away from the "creepy line". Google will go as far into creepy territory as they think they can get away with.
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How do you find out what is available to buy and what they offer if there are no advertisements?
How do you find out what is available to buy and what they offer if there are no advertisements?
Correct. The fact that they are the largest Internet ad business is not automatically a good thing.
Google makes almost all their money by collecting user data and selling ads with it. Not disreputable in the sense of illegal, but in the sense of pushing privacy boundaries as far as they can, and of having a (justified) reputation that makes their ad system more intrusive than Apple's, and their business less focussed on our best interests.
If you're OK with that, then no problem
I prefer Apple's method of making money: the customer is ME, not advertisers, and it is ME they need to keep happy!
You do realise that if apple opens this ad exchange they will be using EXACTLY THE SAME methods as google. Don't start thinking Apple are all inniocent here, it's all about money. You'd be a fool to think they could even attempt to pull this off without ios doing some form of mining of your activities in a larger scale than it already does.
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Every single advertising on a IOS device is downgrading its true potential
Apple you greedy ..... basterds. Stop selling everybody out. Don't be like Google!
Apple you greedy ..... basterds. Stop selling everybody out. Don't be like Google!
How do you know? When you activate your iDevice, have you read the entire terms and conditions? There are a million 'loopholes' there that basically allows Apple to save your data NOW, and while they might now mine it and sell it now, they have the right to do so in the future. Just because Tim Cook hasn't made a statement does not mean that Apple is any better than Google.
I don't have Android devices and probably never will, but I am not blind to think iPhone or iPad are any better privacy-wise, they work better, look better, and provide better experience, that's all.
So now we are going to emulate Google
Stupidest idea
Perhaps you meant Link Exchange which has been going strong since 2003?
well it's gonna be very frustrating to see 30-seconds ads before i can visit the itunes store. apple please be apple, dont try to copy google.
I think of Amazon as an e-commerce company that uses a lot of proprietary business software to sell physical goods and digital content to customers. And I include the Kindle lines in that e-commerce infrastructure. They're running a proprietary, closed fork of Android that replaces Google's e-commerce infrastructure with Amazon's.
So yeah, I'll stick with (most of) my original statement: