I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams

Posted by cdrnsf 17 hours ago

I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams(kirkville.com)

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hmokiguess 9 hours ago|

serious question, how do these things operate at this scale as if it was normal? the amount of scams keep increasing almost exponentially at this point.

can just anyone create an ad for anything anywhere? is there no sort of filter on being a legitimate business, protected classes, target demographics, etc?

dominicrose 15 hours ago||

A trusted company works with untrustworthy companies to scam clients.

That's either incompetence or betrayal of trust. In both cases, the only solution is to be careful, boycott and press charges when something is illegal.

insin 17 hours ago||

    title.replace(/(i now assume that |on apple news )/ig, '')

chrystalkey 17 hours ago|

Very witty

roosgit 17 hours ago||

I wasn't sure where I'd seen that "retiring" spiel before, but then I remembered someone was (still is) selling a handmade jewelry website claiming $4.3M revenue and $1.3M profit.

seabass 13 hours ago||

A thousand and one paper cuts. I feel like this shortsighted decision making will cost Apple so much trust in the long run.

orsenthil 13 hours ago||

The biggest problem is the "trust" that users have with the Apple News ecosystem. They pay for it too!

storus 16 hours ago||

I never use Apple News but they often pop up among the apps that are using significant energy. I am wondering what does it really do on the background.

dexterdog 15 hours ago|

Which is why I never us a phone that requires me to have certain apps installed.

AlexandrB 14 hours ago||

You can uninstall almost all of Apple's apps now. Even things like the clock and the calendar. Not sure why the parent chose to leave News installed.

storus 9 hours ago||

It can't be uninstalled on Sonoma I am using.

PeterStuer 12 hours ago||

To be fair, it is not just Apple. Scams are rampant regardless of the channel serving the ads.

hu3 11 hours ago|

The point is that Apple marketing positions themselves as premium. So most people generally expect better than "the norm" from them.

People use to say "I feel safe giving an iPhone to grandma because the wallet garden protects her".

Well that argument falls short when Apple allows Taboola of all scam ad networks the be present in their news app.

Or when app store search results is filled with misleading ads.

afthonos 15 hours ago||

Don’t make me tap the “ads are cancer” sign.

globular-toast 17 hours ago|

All ads are scams. They are there to make you unhappy causing you to need to work/spend money to become happy again.

Night_Thastus 12 hours ago|

Your life will be perfect if you just buy [[PRODUCT]]. You will be happy. You will be envied by your neighbors. You will be rich and powerful. You will have a perfect loving relationship. If you don't buy it you will never have any of these things.

Whether they say it explicitly or not, that's what they push through careful imagery and wording.

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