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> Every time you open the App store, you're opening a giant garden of advertisements. Curation and Ads are very different. When you walk into a Target and see
by askafriend 4y ago
> Every time you open the App store, you're opening a giant garden of advertisements.
Curation and Ads are very different. When you walk into a Target and see a curated set of products like bath towels, they're not Ads. In fact, customers pay more to shop at Target because of Target's ability to curate quality products consistently.
Now the App Store does have Ads (mainly in search - one slot at the top). But it's far from a "giant garden every time you open it".
- eikenberry 4y agoDoes Apple charge for the curation?
- Cenk 4y agoNo
- smoldesu 4y agoThey charge you $99/year to qualify, so yes.
- situationista 4y agoArguably yes, since that curation is paid for with the cut Apple takes on sales in the Apple store.
- _aavaa_ 4y agoIdk about your region, but the App Store in my region features actual advertisements on the front page. The first showcase is an actual showcase, but the second item is very much ads. And the way it's set up is to have something like 1/2 the image visible without the user scrolling, but the part that says is that it's an ad is not visible without scrolling. So the idea I guess is to have the user click on it to find out more based on 1/2 the image without them knowing that it was an ad.
- dewey 4y agoDid you follow the latest changes where they slapped casino and gambling ads everywhere? https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/26/app-store-gambling-ads-complaints/ https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/26/app-store-gambling-ads-...