3 ms·

I don't really care what their motives are. It makes the user experience better, and as a user, that's all I care about.

greggman 11y ago
Will it be a better experience? Web sites will just start making more native apps where ads are not blocked. That seems like a massive conflict of interest. Apple's story "We're blocking ads". The real story. Ads are being blocked on web only but we have millions of apps that serve video ads every minute or two and those are not blocked. You can even choose iAds and we make more money! Personally I don't feel that browsing the web where every site is like "if you want to read this on iOS use our app because otherwise we can't make money" is going to be a better experience for users. Or you might think sites won't do that but if they can't make money they'll go out of business. So again, users lose.
- monochromatic 11y ago
  iAds seem less shitty than most web ads. And the web isn't going away anytime soon.
  - greggman 11y ago
    iAds might seem less shitty but AFAICT most apps don't use them. Download any app that lives off ads (think most F2P games) and they certainly aren't using iAds. I often see an unskippable video commercial between every round. I usually delete the app at that point just like I close the tab in my browser if something similar happens on the web. But the fact that Apple is only blocking web ads and not app ads suggests it's at least possible Apple has an ulterior motive than "it's good for users". Also the web, or at least ad supported sites, will go away if they can no longer make money. Given that more people browse the web through phones than PC and that difference is growing, blocking so many ads could easily be the end of many websites that are living off ads. Some examples of such sites. Arstechnica, Tom's Hardware, Slashdot, Boingboing, Polygon, ...

3 ms·

I don't really care what their motives are. It makes the user experience better, and as a user, that's all I care about.

by monochromatic 11y ago

greggman 11y ago
Will it be a better experience? Web sites will just start making more native apps where ads are not blocked. That seems like a massive conflict of interest. Apple's story "We're blocking ads". The real story. Ads are being blocked on web only but we have millions of apps that serve video ads every minute or two and those are not blocked. You can even choose iAds and we make more money! Personally I don't feel that browsing the web where every site is like "if you want to read this on iOS use our app because otherwise we can't make money" is going to be a better experience for users. Or you might think sites won't do that but if they can't make money they'll go out of business. So again, users lose.
- monochromatic 11y ago
  iAds seem less shitty than most web ads. And the web isn't going away anytime soon.
  - greggman 11y ago
    iAds might seem less shitty but AFAICT most apps don't use them. Download any app that lives off ads (think most F2P games) and they certainly aren't using iAds. I often see an unskippable video commercial between every round. I usually delete the app at that point just like I close the tab in my browser if something similar happens on the web. But the fact that Apple is only blocking web ads and not app ads suggests it's at least possible Apple has an ulterior motive than "it's good for users". Also the web, or at least ad supported sites, will go away if they can no longer make money. Given that more people browse the web through phones than PC and that difference is growing, blocking so many ads could easily be the end of many websites that are living off ads. Some examples of such sites. Arstechnica, Tom's Hardware, Slashdot, Boingboing, Polygon, ...