iPhone OS 4.0
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- lukus_W0
Apple get 40% of advert revenue. Basically, it seems they wanted a way to profit from the free Apps.
@monospaced;
While they're not _making_ anyone display adverts - I think it would be pretty stupid to assume that the iPhone _isn't_ going to become completely saturated with highly targeted advertising.
Apple are also suggesting that developers subsidise their revenue by including advertising in their paid-for Apps. This, for me, is the icing on the cake.
I cannot STAND advertising.
I find most advertising completely and utterly base and vulgar - I mute the adverts on TV or pre-record programmes and skip the commercial break. I have an ad-blocker on the browsers / computers I use. I ignore as much as I can.
@spifflink;
Am I really harming companies by choosing where I direct my attention? I don't think so. I'm making an informed choice to opt out. Why should I be forced to watch or listen to something I have no interest in?
If I had no choice in the matter - I would not use the product, it's as simple as that.
Apart from the privacy / data-mining issues, the idea that no time or place is sacred - that every second of our lives is a opportunity for a company to convince us to consume their product - makes me livid .. it's fucking awful.
Apple want it both ways. They're trying to get a slice of profit from selling content AND from displaying advertising. It's pure greed.
I hope iAd dies a death.