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Pluralistic: The antitrust case against Apple

pluralistic.net Pluralistic: The antitrust case against Apple (22 Mar 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Just going to mention, I never see ads directly from apple on my apple devices. As long as you're inside Apple apps, there are no ads.

Outside sources like websites etc obviously may have adverts.
- Do these persist through disabling notifications for tv+?
  
  Hardly adverts to be honest, in fact you could argue the last one is actually a good practice rather than just not telling you and letting you be charged.
  
  As for the first two you can turn notifications off.
  
  Settings > Notifications > TV
- Why is the fact that there are no ads in Apple apps relevant to this post? None of this will stop you from using Apple apps.
  
  Allowing people to use non-Apple apps won't force people to not use Apple apps. People will only use non-Apple apps if they think it's doing something better than Apple apps. If, as you say, Apple apps are the best, then people will use them even if Apple allows competitors into the iOS market. I do not see a single way this decision hurts any consumers.
  
  I didn't say Apple apps are the best though? Nor did I say this decision hurts consumers.
- You can also turn off personalized ads for the App Store, Apple News, and Stocks: https://support.apple.com/en-us/105131
  
  That doesn't disable ads, it just means the ads won't be "personalized".
  
  For example you'll see general interest news ads, instead of ads targeted at the things you are interested in.

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