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

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115 points miles | 1 comments | 14 Aug 22 18:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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tailspin2019 ◴[14 Aug 22 19:04 UTC] No.32461939[source]▶
Apple needs to be very careful that they don’t erode the things that most differentiate them from their competition.
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izacus ◴[14 Aug 22 20:39 UTC] No.32462735[source]▶
Why? With their loyal fandom, they could put ads into every part of iPhone and there would still be millions running around telling everyone how those Ads are improving their lives and Apple helped them live their life.

Ads are coming to iOS (heck, my iPad and Mac already have quite a bit peppered around) and Apple will earn even more money in the future from them.

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MBCook ◴[14 Aug 22 23:05 UTC] No.32463973[source]▶
Bull.

They’re already annoying even the faithful with ads for Apple One, Apple TV+, and Apple Arcade. It’s been mentioned as garish and obnoxious on multiple relatively pro Apple podcasts.

I don’t the entire fan base would just sit there and take it. I think they’d see a strong reaction.

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1. cercatrova ◴[14 Aug 22 23:11 UTC] No.32464032[source]▶
People always think users are more activist than they actually are. In reality, as long as something works, most users will tolerate a large amount of bullshit.