> Not Apple They're definitely moving in that direction https://searchads.apple.com/ > Microsoft It's not a huge part of their revenue but they definitely make a sizeable amount of money from ads. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
Apple[1] has[2] ads[3] 1 - https://searchads.apple.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago
Apple's App Store has ads: https://searchads.apple.com/ If you really do refuse to use apps with promoted content then I guess you don't install anything to your iPhone. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago
You do know Apple sells advertising, right? https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/apple-advertising/ https://searchads.apple.com/. Source: about 1 year ago
Wait until you hear about Apple getting back into the ads game. Source: over 1 year ago
Moot point, Apple's own App Store currently impliments ad tracking pretty much exactly how the Play Store does it: https://searchads.apple.com/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
They sure don't have a problem selling ads despite selling that iPhone. Haven't sold you something doesn't mean they will keep looking to extract more of you if they can. Source: over 1 year ago
You can read more about how it works here. If you have an iOS or Mac app (I’m pretty sure you don’t), you can also try it for yourself and marvel and the treasure trove of data Apple doesn’t send you in return. Source: over 1 year ago
70% of App Store users will revert to its search function to find the app that matches their needs best. Source: almost 2 years ago
Apple actually directly sells personalized App Store ads themselves: https://searchads.apple.com/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago
Allow me to introduce you to Apple search Ads: https://searchads.apple.com/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago
I don't want to give my phone number to an advertising company (yes, Apple has its own advertising network). Source: almost 2 years ago
> Apple has no ad business at all… https://searchads.apple.com/ Understanding the ways this is different from, say, Google Ads, AdRoll, or TowerData, is nuance beyond most journalists. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago
Apple runs an ad network. https://searchads.apple.com/ That aside, all that money could go on non-tech things, or on debt servicing, or be left in the bank, etc. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago
Apple sells ads. https://searchads.apple.com/. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago
They randomised a UUID. That's it. There's no magical stopping of tracking, and Apple still perform the same tracking and user profiling as before for their own ad targeting. Source: about 2 years ago
Did you know that Apple sells your data pretty much the exact same way that Google does? Check out Apple Search Ads. They use your app browsing and purchase history to allow companies to show you relevant ads. Source: about 2 years ago
Here's another: https://searchads.apple.com/. Source: about 2 years ago
One example… Apple made it practically impossible for anyone to be in app install/discovery business and heavily invested in https://searchads.apple.com. Source: about 2 years ago
I don't need to tell you about Google Ads, but under your nose Apple has tried iAds and now SearchAds, and Apple's Ad business has overtaken Facebook's with genius marketing and privacy campaigns. Do people forget that the whole privacy movement started with "your iPhone is spying on you", Apple's involvement with the NSA's PRISM program and Edward Snowden outing them? Source: over 2 years ago
> So, the deal essentially ensures that Apple will not compete. To be clear, Apple does have search and does sell advertising for it. https://searchads.apple.com They also attempt to summarize information when you do a system-level or browser-bar search. When the search shows me the local weather or a flight status or gives me a summary and direct link to Wikipedia as I type, they are taking that engagement from... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
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