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I hate ads, but if we’re discussing the merits of a specific ad platform we sort of need to accept ads in general. Otherwise the discussion is pretty meaningles
by Grustaf 5y ago
I hate ads, but if we’re discussing the merits of a specific ad platform we sort of need to accept ads in general. Otherwise the discussion is pretty meaningless. Presumably OP means that Apple’s search ads are worse than others.
- yunohn 5y agoWe’re not discussing an ad platform? The AppStore is /the/ App platform for iOS. Apple decided to monetize it further with ads, despite being the most profitable App platform globally.
- Grustaf 5y agoWhatever you want to call it, we are discussing a specific usage of ads, that OP think is bad and deceptive. For this discussion to be meaningful, you need to at least accept that ads exist, for the sake of argument.
- yunohn 5y agoThis is the only kind of ads that Apple has in their entire ecosystem. The only application appears to be for app competitors to buy ad space. I’m not sure why you make this out to be a weird exceptional case?
- Grustaf 5y agoI'm not saying it's a weird exceptional case. I'm saying it's pretty normal and expected that you are able to buy ads when people search for competitors, why shouldn't you? I'd say that's the _least_ deceptive ad you could possibly buy. If you buy ads for the search "best video app" then some people might think that the tiktok ad was an organic result. But if you buy an ad for the word "Spotify" then nobody will be "deceived". I don't think ads should be allowed at all, in any context, in any medium, but if they are, then I don't see any reason to make competitor names off-limit.
- yunohn 5y agoI’m not sure why you’re arguing this particular way, but I guess there’s not much left for me to say. You can believe what you want, but I don’t think most people would agree with this line of reasoning.