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> It must be clear to the user which app each ad is associated with or implemented in. I was infuriated to be presented with a popup ad offering me (gasp!) the
by m0nty 14y ago
> It must be clear to the user which app each ad is associated with or implemented in.
I was infuriated to be presented with a popup ad offering me (gasp!) the chance to win a free iPad recently. This was using vanilla Opera so I was puzzled about the source. I found out that some apps will inject ads into your browser - I removed the two likely suspects. This has a "chilling effect" when I consider installing new apps since I'm weighing up its usefulness vs. the likelihood that a free app will take similar liberties.
- thijser 14y agoThere are a number of apps that detect which apps do this, we have made one ourselves too that even scans every new app you install and immediately warns you if there is some intrusive ad network present in there: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appspot.swisscodemonkeys.detector https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appspot.sw...
- unimpressive 14y agoSo I assume that these will be the anti-virus of the PC+ era?