I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams
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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
#2This is a bit silly. Are there any ads that people do trust?
Re: I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams
#3Mark my words, Apple is going to go full enshittification in the next 5 years because they've squeezed every last drop out of hardware pricing.
Especially with the failed Apple Intelligence that they will now have to pay their way out of.
Re: I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams
#4This is a bit silly. Are there any ads that people do trust?
Exactly. Why did the article author think ads weren't scams before they were "AI" generated?
Re: I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams
#5I love how, on the "I am retiring page", the image of the old woman even has artifacts of the Gemini logo on the bottom right - someone very probably manually tried to blur them with a tool that was not meant for blurring.
Somehow, he or she was still convinced and put it up.
Re: I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams
#6Mark my words, Apple is going to go full enshittification in the next 5 years because they've squeezed every last drop out of hardware pricing. Especially with the failed Apple Intelligence that they will now have to pay their way out of.
Then what do i move to? No linux laptop feels as good to touch as the aluminum macbooks, and in terms of phones it can't get any worse than the ads-and-trackers shitshow that is android...
Re: I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams
#7I assume all social media ads are also scams.
Re: I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams
#8Re: I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams
#9This is a bit silly. Are there any ads that people do trust?
> Are there any ads that people do trust?
What? Yes, of course. Are you so terminally online that you assume all advertising is the fake AI chum that we see on the web?
Re: I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams
#10Why would Apple enshittify their News app in this way when there are so many legitimate advertisers out there? It seems obviously damaging to their brand, so it makes no sense to me.