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It's a shame Apple are going down the ad route, this is what the Stocks app on MacOS looks like - https://i.imgur.com/xGrzfyL.png https://i.imgur.com/xGrzfyL.pn

by idk1 4y ago

It's a shame Apple are going down the ad route, this is what the Stocks app on MacOS looks like - https://i.imgur.com/xGrzfyL.png https://i.imgur.com/xGrzfyL.png I'd be ok if it was a big 'Diet Coke' or other big brand app, but low level spam being injected into first party apps is just not on, it might have made more revenue but at what detriment to the brand value? Over time I think more ad revenue is going to equal more brand damage in 1st party apps, and that might even leak to brand damage for Apple. Edit - Would like to add some context, Business News by Apple News is the first item open when you open that app, and this ad is below top stories, so depends if it's visible when you open it on your screen height, I did scroll for 1 second after opening the app to see this.

morcheeba 4y ago
That's not what Stocks looks like - you scrolled down about two pages to get to the ad. You make it look like the ad is first. https://imgur.com/a/t7ncKoc https://imgur.com/a/t7ncKoc
- BitwiseFool 4y ago
  In any event, I am upset the advertisement is there at all.
  - Apocryphon 4y ago
    Yeah, why does a first party app that embeds news stories, and not the official News app, have to display cheap clickbait interstitial ads?
- idk1 4y ago
  Oh yes sorry, I've edited my comment to add some context, I would stand by it is what Stocks looks like, as the app is Stocks and it looks like that. I did scroll just past the top stories to take the screenshot. I didn't mean to mislead at all, I do agree I did make it look like that, not intentionally. Also maybe the add disappears for Apple News+ subscribers? I'm not subscribed to Apple News+ so I can't speak to that.
  - morcheeba 4y ago
    Cool, thanks! I use Stocks on a variety of platforms and never seem to scroll down far enough to see the ad, so I had to check to see why my experience was vastly different. I'm in the same boat as you without News+.
    - idk1 4y ago
      You don't have to scroll very far at all, there's an ad in between every block of news stories in Stocks, you only have to scroll once on any stock or the first news tab - https://i.imgur.com/ICX0w0I.png https://i.imgur.com/ICX0w0I.png - this is just a tiny bit of scrolling on the APPL stock.

by idk1 4y ago

morcheeba 4y ago

That's not what Stocks looks like - you scrolled down about two pages to get to the ad. You make it look like the ad is first. https://imgur.com/a/t7ncKoc https://imgur.com/a/t7ncKoc

BitwiseFool 4y ago
In any event, I am upset the advertisement is there at all.
- Apocryphon 4y ago
  Yeah, why does a first party app that embeds news stories, and not the official News app, have to display cheap clickbait interstitial ads?
idk1 4y ago
Oh yes sorry, I've edited my comment to add some context, I would stand by it is what Stocks looks like, as the app is Stocks and it looks like that. I did scroll just past the top stories to take the screenshot. I didn't mean to mislead at all, I do agree I did make it look like that, not intentionally. Also maybe the add disappears for Apple News+ subscribers? I'm not subscribed to Apple News+ so I can't speak to that.
- morcheeba 4y ago
  Cool, thanks! I use Stocks on a variety of platforms and never seem to scroll down far enough to see the ad, so I had to check to see why my experience was vastly different. I'm in the same boat as you without News+.
  - idk1 4y ago
    You don't have to scroll very far at all, there's an ad in between every block of news stories in Stocks, you only have to scroll once on any stock or the first news tab - https://i.imgur.com/ICX0w0I.png https://i.imgur.com/ICX0w0I.png - this is just a tiny bit of scrolling on the APPL stock.