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I keep hearing this, yet I've never seen an ad on my iPhone.

latexr 4y ago
The App Store is riddled with ads; the Music App is a giant ad for their music streaming service; there are ads in the Settings app!¹ Maps will reportedly get them too.² I too have mostly escaped ads on iOS, but I think that’s a combination of not living in the US, never opening the App Store, and a few other factors. I’m under no illusion that will last forever. Tim Cook must be salivating with ideas. ¹ https://daringfireball.net/2023/04/ios_adware https://daringfireball.net/2023/04/ios_adware ² https://www.macrumors.com/2022/08/21/ads-coming-to-apple-maps-report/ https://www.macrumors.com/2022/08/21/ads-coming-to-apple-map...
- josephd79 4y ago
  Where have you seen ads in the settings app? I must be immune to this stuff. I do not notice ads period.
  - latexr 4y ago
    > Where have you seen ads in the settings app? It’s explicitly linked in my post. In the article they talk about it and have a link to a screenshot. Search for: > I’ve noticed an ad in Settings on my iPhone, in the iCloud section at the very top of the first screen
  - Tagbert 4y ago
    Someone was saying that in the Storage section of Settings, when you run low on storage, there is a prompt to enable iCloud storage and offload some content to the cloud. They are calling that an Ad.
bamboozled 4y ago
The day I see one the day I’m done with Apple. So I hope I don’t.
- Tagbert 4y ago
  Apple has ads in their News app, though not nearly as many as most new sites do. They have paid placements in the App Store. I suppose you could consider some of the music in the Music app to be promotional for that music. It’s nothing like Google’s ad network.
super256 4y ago
1. Red Badge in settings when iPhone is not backed up (you will need a premium subscription because there is a 99% chance your backup will be bigger than 5 GB) 2. Red Badge in settings when your device is eligible for Apple Care+ 3. Bullet point for 1 year free AppleTV at the top of the settings app 4. Same as 3) but for Apple Arcade I had a bug where the AppleTV ad was shown consistently for two years, although I already used the trial. It only got fixed with the latest iOS update.

The App Store is riddled with ads; the Music App is a giant ad for their music streaming service; there are ads in the Settings app!¹ Maps will reportedly get them too.² I too have mostly escaped ads on iOS, but I think that’s a combination of not living in the US, never opening the App Store, and a few other factors. I’m under no illusion that will last forever. Tim Cook must be salivating with ideas. ¹ https://daringfireball.net/2023/04/ios_adware https://daringfireball.net/2023/04/ios_adware ² https://www.macrumors.com/2022/08/21/ads-coming-to-apple-maps-report/ https://www.macrumors.com/2022/08/21/ads-coming-to-apple-map...

josephd79 4y ago
Where have you seen ads in the settings app? I must be immune to this stuff. I do not notice ads period.
- latexr 4y ago
  > Where have you seen ads in the settings app? It’s explicitly linked in my post. In the article they talk about it and have a link to a screenshot. Search for: > I’ve noticed an ad in Settings on my iPhone, in the iCloud section at the very top of the first screen
- Tagbert 4y ago
  Someone was saying that in the Storage section of Settings, when you run low on storage, there is a prompt to enable iCloud storage and offload some content to the cloud. They are calling that an Ad.

bamboozled 4y ago

The day I see one the day I’m done with Apple. So I hope I don’t.

Tagbert 4y ago
Apple has ads in their News app, though not nearly as many as most new sites do. They have paid placements in the App Store. I suppose you could consider some of the music in the Music app to be promotional for that music. It’s nothing like Google’s ad network.

super256 4y ago

1. Red Badge in settings when iPhone is not backed up (you will need a premium subscription because there is a 99% chance your backup will be bigger than 5 GB) 2. Red Badge in settings when your device is eligible for Apple Care+ 3. Bullet point for 1 year free AppleTV at the top of the settings app 4. Same as 3) but for Apple Arcade I had a bug where the AppleTV ad was shown consistently for two years, although I already used the trial. It only got fixed with the latest iOS update.