- 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.