Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy

Posted by MC995 11 hours ago

Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy(www.techradar.com)

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jorisw 10 hours ago|

I haven’t seen any of these. iOS 27.0, in the EU fwiw

hollowturtle 2 hours ago||

> There is not always a “dismiss” button to shoo them away for good, and when there is, some people have reported that it doesn’t seem to work.

Welcome to my world where "Show fewer shorts" on YouTube has been clicked I dunno anymore how many times, it's an habit now

WA 9 hours ago||

I don’t see them. Greetings from the EU.

microtonal 7 hours ago|

Also greetings from the EU. I recently saw in the settings:

- Ads for Apple Care

- Ads for Apple Fitness+

- Ads for iCloud stuff.

WA 6 hours ago||

But only once? They can be dismissed, no?

andruby 10 hours ago||

The irony of this website being so loaded with ads that I can barely read the contents is palpable :P

But on-topic: iOS shouldn't show any ads.

mikestew 9 hours ago|

I didn't pay $2000 to view that web page. A new iPhone, OTOH...

(But, yeah, I'm reminded that I need to set up a Pi-Hole on the Starlink in the camper. I'm paying by the byte for those TechRadar ads.)

someguyiguess 9 hours ago||

The irony of this site having ads that cover 1/3 of my screen on mobile was absolutely lost on the author.

busymom0 11 hours ago||

I am a small developer on iOS and the App Store Search ads are super frustrating. When users search for my exact app name, apple shoves 2 full screen ads on top of the search results. Sometimes, it's 1 search results sandwiched in between 2 ads which makes the user miss it because they scrolled past the ads.

Often these ads are entirely unrelated to what user is searching for. And small developers are being discouraged when big companies are spending millions in ads to rank above them.

Also, most of the times, the ads are for apps I will never download. I constantly see ads for the Temu app which I will never use. Yet, there's no "don't show this ad again" button.

mikeyouse 11 hours ago||

I've always found it crazy that if you search for a brand name / trademarked name that it's legal for the search provider to shove a bunch of vaguely related shit above the results unless that brand pays for ad placement to be the top result. Sure, fine, put whatever ad pays the most at the top of the search for "best iOS game" - but when someone searches "Wordle" - that you can't rely on Wordle being the top result is a indictment of the whole ad-supported internet. (Sub 'Claude' or 'Discord' or whatever other search term and it's the same issue)

boxed 11 hours ago|||

It's worse than that. App names must be unique, but if you search for the exact (unique!) name, the exact hit isn't even rated on top! I have the app "Bit" on the app store and you have to do quite a bit of scrolling, even if you don't count the ads.

busymom0 11 hours ago||

Same problem here too. I have a game called "Unscramble!" and it's impossible to find it with that name. I have scrolled for many pages and can't find it. Meanwhile, many very old apps which haven't been updated in many years are showing in the results.

HumblyTossed 10 hours ago||

when i am looking for a specific app on the App Store, I never use the app store to search. I search the web and look for a link to it on the app store. Mostly it's faster that way.

tensor 8 hours ago||

As a user this also drives me crazy. I want SERACH RESULTS not a fucking full screen ad or maybe even TWO screens worth. Absolutely shit.

MadrasThorn 10 hours ago||

I want to pay a premium for no built in adds and a more secure product.

If that goes away I will have no reason to buy apple.

Trufa 7 hours ago||

I literally couldn’t read this page because of the amount of ads.

alistairSH 9 hours ago||

Haven't those ads been there for years? Pretty sure I've seen them for years.

angrydev 9 hours ago|

Yes and they are the most unobtrusive “ads” you could possibly imagine. This thread is weird. There’s even a guy in here shilling for an unreleased “Elon Phone”.

28304283409234 6 hours ago|

Was watching Ted Lasso, and Three Little Birds by Bob Marley came along. As I paused the show for something unrelated an advertisement showed up for buying Three Little Birds on Apple Music. Nope. Big fat nope. I already paid you. Go away, you w*nkers.

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