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I wonder if ads shown to kids "make more revenue" over the lifecycle of the kid than ads aimed at adults. Like the Youtube videos for kids that are nonsense but
by dmbche 3y ago
I wonder if ads shown to kids "make more revenue" over the lifecycle of the kid than ads aimed at adults. Like the Youtube videos for kids that are nonsense but rake millions of views
- xwdv 3y agoWe market IAP almost exclusively to kids. They buy em up like candy, and by the time parents realize it we’re gone.
- hn_version_0023 3y agoWho is "we" and how do you sleep at night?
- lesuorac 3y agoNot the original person but from talking to parents, a lot of the games are like $7/week subscriptions.
- klyrs 3y agoProfile checks out > Ethically challenged software engineer working for a major tech company you know Though scanning the account's comment history, they appear to use this site almost exclusively to brag about their unethical and occasionally criminal behavior. Not "challenged," but "bankrupt." Downvotes encourage them to continue this trail of evidence, apparently.
- PawgerZ 3y agoin their bio: > Help me get to 1000 karma and I’ll stop posting forever. Maybe we should give them that last 50 karma.
- klyrs 3y agoYou really believe their promise to leave, and that they won't, say, bump the threshold to 1500 and keep posting?
- slowhadoken 3y agowhat's so special about 1000 karma? I never comment on things for points.
- jonhohle 3y agoI get asked weekly for an ad-bait app that my kids find though an ad-bait app that they previously had approved. Fun fact: once you’ve approved an App on Apple’s App Store, you can’t unapproved it. Hit the wrong button, too bad. Game switched from purchase to free-to-play and full of ads. Too bad. The only option is to uninstall the app and then block App Store altogether, at which point they can’t update anything.