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I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams

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Re: I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams

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Post by givinguflac »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #104
speak_plainly wrote: post #54

Apple News and News+ represent everything wrong with modern Apple: a ham-fisted approach to simplicity that ignores the end user. It is their most mediocre service, jarringly jamming cheap clickbait next to serious journalism in a layout that makes no sense. The technical execution is just as lazy. While some magazines are tailored, many are just flat, low-res PDFs that look terrible on the high-end Retina screens Ap…

I ignore Apple News these days. I had high hopes when Apple bought the company that eventually became their News app. Alas… Of course I hate that I can't block ads, but at the same time, I wonder if the unblockable ads are not, in fact, a help for that "struggling industry".

You can definitely block ads- try NextDNS.

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Post by jangxx »

ksec wrote: post #110
speak_plainly wrote: post #54

Apple News and News+ represent everything wrong with modern Apple: a ham-fisted approach to simplicity that ignores the end user. It is their most mediocre service, jarringly jamming cheap clickbait next to serious journalism in a layout that makes no sense. The technical execution is just as lazy. While some magazines are tailored, many are just flat, low-res PDFs that look terrible on the high-end Retina screens Ap…

Ever since Apple moved to Services Strategy in 2014 it has been like this. Services were not there so they could provide a better experience for its " customers ". I use the word " customer " here which is what Apple / Steve Jobs used to call their loyal fans, and not user . But to further growth their Revenue pie because they foresee iPhone one day will stagnant. You now have Apple Fitness+, Apple TV, News, Music, A…

I actually like Fitness+, it got me working out for the first time in my life.

Re: I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams

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Post by Forgeties79 »

spudlyo wrote: post #96
Forgeties79 wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What’s wrong with the weather and stocks apps? Maybe a silly question.

The stocks app is essentially Apple Business News, with stock prices on one side. I'm not entirely sure how the weather app pushes News on you, but my guess is that it's there somewhere.

my stock app has the Apple business news towards the bottom where it’s pretty easy to ignore and I find it’s at least somewhat relevant, even if I don’t look at it. Even so, totally get it. I don’t really want ads there one way or another.

I don’t see ads on the weather app (at least on my phone)

Re: I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams

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Post by matwood »

mrweasel wrote: post #53
askl wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> legitimate advertisers Those two words definitely don't belong together.

My local supermarket advertising on YouTube that they have a sale on coffee this week is pretty legitimate. It just doesn't buy the Alphabet shareholders a new yacht. I truly don't believe that there is enough legitimate advertisers willing to buy ad space in Apple News (or elsewhere) to generate to profit Apple expects.

A lot of that has moved to IG, where you can just follow the stores you're interested in directly. This shift is likely another move that hurt the 'traditional' advertiser pool.

Re: I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams

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Post by lotsofpulp »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #104
speak_plainly wrote: post #54

Apple News and News+ represent everything wrong with modern Apple: a ham-fisted approach to simplicity that ignores the end user. It is their most mediocre service, jarringly jamming cheap clickbait next to serious journalism in a layout that makes no sense. The technical execution is just as lazy. While some magazines are tailored, many are just flat, low-res PDFs that look terrible on the high-end Retina screens Ap…

I ignore Apple News these days. I had high hopes when Apple bought the company that eventually became their News app. Alas… Of course I hate that I can't block ads, but at the same time, I wonder if the unblockable ads are not, in fact, a help for that "struggling industry".

90% of the content in the News+ app is itself an ad.
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