iPhone OS 4.0
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- monospaced0
lukus_W
I think your assumption that the iPhone will "become completely saturated with highly targeted advertising" is a little far-fetched. I don't think that developers want ads taking over their apps and interfaces, and that alone will curb the takeover. What Apple has done is simply created a way to consistently incorporate them better. Currently most apps I have installed include paid advertising and they don't get in the way.
- Well, I guess time will tell.lukus_W
- But come on, 'incorporation' wasn't the main aim here - it was the 40%.lukus_W
- lukus_W - you got it - as if texted phone spam isn't bad enough... now we'll get it with sound and colour! Yippee...DoktorDavid
- You've got to be an idiot to think apps will be covered with ads after this. They won'tmonospaced
- epic_rim0
11:29AM Ryan Block from GDGT: What about running unsigned apps? Steve: You know, there's a porn store for Android. Anyone can download them. You can, your kids can. That's just not a place we want to go.
ha, someone finally shot the jailbreak question
- I'm shocked there's porn on the internet. Would be completely crazy if kids could search for it on iphone.Peter
- lukus_W0
"We tried to buy AdMob, but Google snatched them because they didn't want us to have them."
- lukus_W0
It really is amazing. Every 'negative' can be played as a positive.
E.g. Apple want to introduce an advertising platform to increase revenue further.
The spin:
Many developers are having to give away Apps free or cheap -> difficult for them to make enough money to 'survive' .. we're going to give them another way to make revenue so they can make enough to live. Enter iAds.
I think eventually Apple will get too greedy though - and that'll be their undoing. The Midas touch isn't going to last forever.
- Too greedy? Look at their publishing digital content distribution deals.Mimio
- What about them? I haven't heard .. ?lukus_W
- http://gizmodo.com/5…Mimio
- .. right, they're already too greedy.lukus_W