iPhone Users Upset About Apple Promoting F1 Movie With Wallet App Notification

[groove-agent]

Apple is gradually becoming more spammy and introducing ads into the ecosystem. I get it from a business perspective, but I think it cheapens the Apple user experience which is what a lot of people pay extra for.

 

[uacd]

Here’s a good reason why the wallet should be allowed to be replaced by alternatives so we don’t get unsolicited adds

Well, they will probably use it to their own advantage: show ads.

Had experience with some European banks who serve ads right into banking app🤣 Unacceptable? Yes. Can I do something about this? Absolutely no.

After all, this ad doesn’t look too bad, just a bit scary. People expect to see only payments info in Wallet notifications, and when they see this they have mini panic attack.

If I payed 1000€ then I expect no adds

Well, while I totally agree, competitors sell theirs for same money and still show ads in every corner. Google still doesn’t allow adequate content/ad blockers on Android😃 There are some but they require VPN to be on which is awkward tbh. Yet it doesn’t make it acceptable for Apple, they must show good example.

On the other hand, at least they are advertising something potentially cool, I am yet to see the movie but racing and Formula 1 are one of my favorite sports. If I had Netflix movie advert somewhere in iPhone I would have screamed, ranted and raged about it being unacceptable (because lol, Netflix doesn’t know how to make actually good movies😒). But advert for an Apple-made movie? Cool I guess😄

Upd: what☹️

 

[CrysisDeu]

I laugh when people say iPhone is an ad free premium experience. Apple is trying to bring ads into everywhere. It hasn’t happened much just because they are slow to the game and slow to develop new features.

 

[Sophisticatednut]

Riiiiiiiight, because those alternatives won't have ads. Ever.

This isn't the "gotcha" you're probably looking for.

Indeed. Because I have had zero adds from my banking app or BanID. Apple plasters adds wherever it doesn’t belong. But I expect zero adds inside a product impacted premium money for

Your Smart TV has a few words for you. Otherwise I guess you need to turn off wallet notifications.

My smart tv doesn’t have adds because it’s turned off.

 

[MarcoPohlo]

Why oh why? Does it really need any more marketing? Everyone and their grandma knows about this movie already.

 

[kkclstuff]

ugh, another 'U2/iTunes' debacle. Please Tim enough with the marketeering/forced ads/subscription life for apple users.

 

[Donkey Man]

people keep saying Tim Cook needs to go when the real culprit is Eddy Cue.

Tim Spindler is Eddy's boss - so if Eddy also needs to go and doesn't, it's because he has an equally incompetent and vision-less boss who should have gone even sooner.

 

[ToothBlueth]

In iOS 26 there is atoggle for 'Offers & Promotions' (I quickly toggled it off). No clue if this is also available in 18. (Should have added, this is in the wallet app).

 

[Donkey Man]

Apple is gradually becoming more spammy and introducing ads into the ecosystem. I get it from a business perspective, but I think it cheapens the Apple experience which is what a lot of people pay extra for.

Just look at the App Store right now: IAP games not only top the "charts" but also get heavily promoted non-stop by Apple on their first page, as if they even needed any extra promotion.

Zero chance of smaller, non-IAP apps to be shown, and zero chance of customers even being able to search for non-IAP apps. That's the kind of cheap, revenue-desperate attitude that did not exist under Jobs.

 

[TimApple1]

Haven’t received this. If it’s a promotion for the Apple Card, I get those from time to time, and that’s probably ok.
If it has nothing to do with the Apple Card - wtf
Edit: from the screenshot in the article it seems to be a promo for Apple Pay - BFD

It’s a promo for Fandango.

 

[jake01756]

I was like, “what is this? Oh just junk to ignore”. Just another day. If people complaining about this wanna swap me spots, I have been working 50+ hours a week for like 4 months now. One of the perks, is that there is no AC in this big metal building, just hot stuff air.

During this massive heat wave in the states?!?!?

 

[Finalcountdown]

Yeah an ad from the Wallet app was really sad to see.

 

[Sophisticatednut]

In iOS 26 there is atoggle for 'Offers & Promotions' (I quickly toggled it off). No clue if this is also available in 18.

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The fact the Apple apps is a thing in settings is disappointing because it should not even be a thing

 

[artifex]

I don't use the Wallet app, so I don't know if you can disable offer notifications while keeping the important ones, like when your credit card is used. But it would really suck if it's all or nothing.

Unwanted ads where you have to opt-out is something Microsoft does with Windows. This is not a good path to be on.

 

[cjsuk]

Smells of desperation, they're pushing this F1 movie very hard.

I’m not watching it on principle.

 

[breenmask]

Tim Spindler is Eddy's boss - so if Eddy also needs to go and doesn't, it's because he has an equally incompetent and vision-less boss who should have gone even sooner.

You're not going to get Tim Cook to willingly leave. Ask for eddy cue to leave enough times and Tim Cook will force eddy to leave.

As long as Tim Cook can pump the numbers, the board isn't going to fire Tim.

 

[Crowbot]

I saw it. Didn't think much about it and deleted it. No reason I can think of to get upset.

 

[Corpuscle]

I can see how this could be annoying, but is it really the end of the world?

Huh?? Does something have to be your perceived "end of the world" to be irritating, annoying, and not wanted. It's simply inappropriate in the 1st world, 3rd world and every other world (except perhaps Mars).

 

[ToothBlueth]

The fact the Apple apps is a thing in settings is disappointing because it should not even be a thing

I should've added that the setting is in the wallet app. However, yes to your point.

 

[digimc]

Once again I missed out on the most exciting news of the day. I wish I could have received this notification so I could have been outraged, but oh well. Maybe next time.

 

[CMoore515]

This is what people are mad about now? Seriously? You know what I did when I got the notification? Swiped it away and went about my morning. Jfc they are technically promoting Apple Pay... Mountain out of a molehill with these people lol

 

[The_Martini_Cat]

I would like a bit more control over the Wallet notifications. Do I want to wake up in the morning to see a notification that I have received .23 cents in Apple Cash? No, I do not want to see that. Ja, a penny here a penny there, pretty soon you're talking two cents. Ha ha ha. Thud.🍸😹

 

[segfaultdotorg]

“Let’s spam our users like they have a cheap Android phone with preinstalled spyware!” - Tim Apple

Alexa, sign me up for the class action lawsuit against Apple’s spam.

 

[nt5672]

I really don't want advertising in iOS and particularly from the Wallet app.

You're in the the walled garden, you get what Apple wants, not what you want. Its time to quit buying Apple devices until Apple get some integrity and starts catering to Users, foreign teenage Apple developers.

 

[TMRJIJ]

I ignored it just like a do with phone calls from “job recruiters”.