alt Hacker NewsPretty sure most people commenting here didn't even look at the post to see it's Apple promoting their own related product to their customers, not a third-party ad
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Nobody uses that to excuse Microsoft showing OneDrive ads.
An unwanted distraction is an unwanted distraction.
Apple's own cross-promotions are so ugly and ham-fisted that I'm not sure third parties could do worse: https://www.pcmag.com/news/how-to-ditch-unsolicited-f1-ads-n...
Does that make any difference at all? When Windows does it, people pop a fuse, but Apple gets a pass?
Pffffff..
I looked, and I'm infuriated.
This is exactly the sort of thing that Apple avoided when it had strong management from Jobs. Now...
Ads are Ads, people hate to see them whatever they are advertising. Especially when they already paid a lot of money to join the ecosystem, upselling to paid customers feels cheap.
Oh we’re well aware. There’s nothing cheaper than upsell nags when you spent what you did already.