On Tuesday , Apple followed through on its promise to startfilling the App Storeup with more advert . Almost immediately , the great unwashed took to the internet to complain about the bizarre and sometimes seedy advertising they were seeing . Apple made an abrupt insurance change days by and by , “ intermit ” ( but not cast out ) ads for gaming . We ’re not just aim ads for play — it ’s market for skeezy dating apps , crimson - pilled correct - flank videos , and more .
Apple ’s push into the world of advertising is part of develop strategy that seems directly aim at crippling other companies ’ ad business , particularly Meta ( formerly know as Facebook ) . Last yr , Apple introduce App Tracking Transparency , a privacy setting that decimated Meta ’s ability to effectively promote on iPhones . Meta said the alteration cost it an estimated $ 10 billion in lose revenue . Apple , meanwhile , has been hard at piece of work on its own tool that could replace Meta ’s in - app advertising electronic internet . Just this week , Apple updated its guidelines tolay out a requirement for a 30 % cut of the money drug user pay to “ boost ” or advance stake on certain apps — another change that will have an outsized outcome on Meta .
Apple did n’t immediately react to a request for gossip .
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Even some Apple diehards are unhappy with the way the fellowship is opening up its platform to rake in advertising dollars . If the advertizement people have already seen in the App Store are any meter reading , the coming advert wave may negate the squeaky - clean corporate image the iPhone - maker h worked so hard to progress .
Here are the bad advertising people have see in the App Store so far .
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