but HN told me apple isn't a advertisement company?
MiddleEndian 1/20/2026||
One of the main reasons I used to like Macs instead of Windows machines was because Apple did not do this kind of bullshit lol. Although showing ads on the app store above your searches at all is terrible behavior that both iOS and Android are guilty. They already get a cut of all the sales.
journal 1/19/2026||
i don't remember last time i was in the app store.
nottorp 1/19/2026||
Seriously? Already the only thing that makes ads distinguishable from results is that you search for "microsoft authenticator" and the first result is ... something else.
They do have an unnoticeable "this is an ad" tiny text somewhere. Are they talking about removing even that?
dbs255 1/20/2026||
Why such outrage? Businesses need to make money afterall.
This feels like the same old dark-pattern playbook, just dressed up more subtly. When the only difference between an ad and an organic result is a tiny "Ad" label, you're no longer informing users
zombot 1/21/2026||
Apple's App Store has been a stinking dumpster fire for many years now, and I've been avoiding it like the plague. I'm not surprised that Apple works on making it even worse.