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Not really - it's eliminating competition. Apple is stopping competitors (web apps) from displaying any ads, and enforcing ads through the channel (App Store ap
by crispinb 8y ago
Not really - it's eliminating competition. Apple is stopping competitors (web apps) from displaying any ads, and enforcing ads through the channel (App Store apps) it profits from.
- scarface74 8y agoI have a better way to block ads. I either pay for the no ads version and support the developer or delete an app that doesn’t have a no ads option. Except for Overcast. You can pay for s no ads version but I find ads for podcast based on the category of podcasts I’m listening to useful.
- crispinb 8y agoSeems like a reasonable personal story about how you use an ad-delivery platform like iOS (and is pretty close to what I do on all the platforms I use). But it has little to do with the rightness or otherwise of disallowing users from deciding which network connections their own device is permitted to attempt.
- scarface74 8y agoI am controlling what ads I see - I have an ad blocker that works in both the web browser and my RSS reader - ad blockers work in embedded SafariViewControllers - and I don’t bother with apps that don’t give me an option to remove ads. But using a third party VPN that intercepts all of your internet traffic to protect your privacy seems like it’s defeating the purpose. Especially seeing that third party content blockers on iOS have no access to your web browsing history.