Apple refunding all purchases of Peace
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Re: Apple refunding all purchases of Peace
#2What this is refering to: http://www.marco.org/2015/09/18/just-doesnt-feel-good
Re: Apple refunding all purchases of Peace
#3Apparently Marco Arment made an ad-blocking app for iOS called Peace, then after 2 days decided that he didn't want to be in the ad blocking business for ethical reasons and so pulled the app. He explains his reasoning here:
http://www.marco.org/2015/09/18/just-doesnt-feel-good
In this update, Apple has made the (apparently unprecedented) decision to proactively refund all purchases of the app, rather than requiring users to request refunds individually.
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#4Wow. That's a real example of putting money where the mouth is.
I always felt that he is an opinionated, stand up guy but this move actually proves that he means what he says and he was sincere about his feelings on ad blockers [1]. Much respect.
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#5Wow. That's a real example of putting money where the mouth is. I always felt that he is an opinionated, stand up guy but this move actually proves that he means what he says and he was sincere about his feelings on ad blockers [1]. Much respect. [1] http://www.marco.org/2015/09/18/just-doesnt-feel-good
In the submitted post he says Apple made the decision without consulting him.
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#6Surreal. What's wrong with ad blocking? Maybe it would have created a market for micropayments which maybe it's far superior to ads? I know on my MIFI which charges insane amounts for wifi, anything that blocks popup videos or images while maintaining text and formatting is definitely loved by me.
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Re: Apple refunding all purchases of Peace
#8Wow. That's a real example of putting money where the mouth is. I always felt that he is an opinionated, stand up guy but this move actually proves that he means what he says and he was sincere about his feelings on ad blockers [1]. Much respect. [1] http://www.marco.org/2015/09/18/just-doesnt-feel-good
He was a founder in Tumblr. He probably isn't worried about cash.
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#9It must have been annoying for them to deal with thousands of refund requests by hand. I was expecting Apple would just bulk-approve refunds for this app, but it's great that they've gone one step further.
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#10(In general "which charity" has a simple answer: any. In general donating proceeds immediately solves accusations of self-interest, except perhaps for the component that it's reactionary rather than being announced ahead of time.)