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Samsung embeds IronSource spyware app on phones across WANA

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845 points the-anarchist | 1 comments | 21 Jun 25 03:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.601s | source
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thenthenthen ◴[21 Jun 25 05:19 UTC] No.44334730[source]▶
AppCloud, developed by the controversial Israeli-founded company ironSource (now owned by the American company Unity)

Yes the Unity 3D engine company wow.

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Nition ◴[21 Jun 25 09:26 UTC] No.44336029[source]▶
The weirdest part of that merger was Unity paid $4.4billion for IronSource.
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JohnHaugeland ◴[21 Jun 25 13:18 UTC] No.44337390[source]▶
ironsource was the owner and runner of the largest sleazy game ad network, which was unity specific

unity was dying for lack of revenue

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1. Nition ◴[21 Jun 25 21:08 UTC] No.44340740[source]▶
The fact that they were struggling for revenue just made the massive spend seem even weirder to me, but I suppose it could make sense if they truly expected to somehow get >4.4 billion back from ad revenue eventually. They also bought Wētā FX for $1.6 billion around the same time and did basically nothing with it.[1]

[1] https://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/unity-software-with-a-com...