The present king of tech, the ruler of supply chain, the unofficial tax collector, and the global prime of market value, Apple, made its official announcement of stepping into ads business, which could start anytime soon. It means your iPhone, iPad and other smart products could pop-up with adds on pre-installed apps like Maps, Books and Podcasts.

Apple Ads are coming up guys.

Apple used to claim themselves as someone free from ads. Now, they just decided to do their own ads. hmmmmm, I don’t know, it just don’t feel good, in considering Apple is already more expensive compare to other products.

    SprintingWorm If these pop-ups mean that we will buy their products more cheaper, then welcome. If not represent any changes, I think they will digging its own grave.

      Menguelez It feels very strange to me, because Apple by themselves, block trackers and prevent Apple users from getting too much ads. But now it feels like a joke, they block every other ads to give the way for their own ads. It’s totally a monopolistic behavior.

        SprintingWorm Yes it is. They want all the money that come from running something on their devices, they decide what apps’s are ok for them (IOS), in what OS version can be upgraded the device (MacOS) and which features you may have (iPadOS appeared several years after the first iPad).

          SprintingWorm True (to a point) but when i had to choose between these two systems i chose Android. When i buy a device i consider it mine, so i must be free to run what i want on it. If you choose carefully the right app sources (official store, github releases etc.) then it’s really not that easy having your data stolen or encoded from some ransomware.

          Previously someone could tell me but by using Android Google invades your privacy creating an ad profile for you, now we see that Apple wants to play the same game.

          The real issue with Android is its OS version fragmentation, there are too many versions out there still alive 😒

            Yeah, no matter how you slice it, this is not a good thing.

            Except for Apple…and their stockholders.

            I saw this Twitter thread just now, see by yourself what were Apple’s true intentions from the beginning of their narrative we care about your privacy https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1560247230057127937.html

            TLDR : we have all your data = we sell ads

            Bonus: Every Breath You Take song by Police

            lyrics:

            Every breath you take
            And every move you make
            Every bond you break
            Every step you take
            I’ll be watching you

            Every single day
            And every word you say
            Every game you play
            Every night you stay
            I’ll be watching you

            Oh, can’t you see
            You belong to me?
            How my poor heart aches
            With every step you take?

            Every move you make
            And every vow you break
            Every smile you fake
            Every claim you stake
            I’ll be watching you

            😉