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The Ads on Apple News Continue to Suck, but at Least There Are a Lot of Them

4 hours ago
  • Apple News ads are often low-quality, scammy, and repetitive, despite a partnership with Taboola.
  • Apple does not offer ad-free tiers for its services like the App Store or Apple Maps, unlike Netflix or YouTube.
  • Apple's leadership suffers from cognitive dissonance, believing that Apple ads can't be bad because Apple products are high-quality.
  • The incentive for advertising conflicts with Apple's core business of selling premium products.
  • Apple News ads are partly controlled by publishers, but the App Store and Maps ads are entirely Apple's responsibility.