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Apple Finds Its Next Big Business: Showing Ads on Your iPhone

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115 points miles | 4 comments | 14 Aug 22 18:36 UTC | HN request time: 1.124s | source
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tradertef ◴[14 Aug 22 21:17 UTC] No.32463013[source]▶
TL-DR: iOS becoming Android.
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Barrin92 ◴[14 Aug 22 21:50 UTC] No.32463295[source]▶
if they're embedding ads in the news app itself it's worse than Android, because Google does not put ads in that app. I honestly don't think any of the Google apps on android phones show ads.
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1. ccouzens ◴[14 Aug 22 22:09 UTC] No.32463468[source]▶
They do.

There are ads in the play store (labelled), ads in the Google news feed (labelled), ads in Gmail (labelled and similar to the ads in the web version).

But no ads in what I would consider the daily experience (home screen, lock screen, apps menu, settings).

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2. Barrin92 ◴[14 Aug 22 22:43 UTC] No.32463800[source]▶
is that a regional thing? I do see promoted apps in the play store but I have never seen a single ad in either the android Gmail app or the news app.
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3. sofixa ◴[14 Aug 22 23:33 UTC] No.32464184[source]▶
Ads in Gmail exist under the Promotions tab, a few emails below the top, at least in France. In my day to day usage of the app, I'd say i even open the Promotions tab once a week, at most? So pretty low impact.
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4. postalrat ◴[15 Aug 22 04:47 UTC] No.32466000{3}[source]▶
Just opened the promotions tab for the first time. There are ads there (USA). Don't see any reason to ever open it again.