{"id":13086,"date":"2015-12-12T20:01:43","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T01:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=13086"},"modified":"2019-02-18T16:02:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T21:02:08","slug":"apple-pushes-iphone-6s-pop-up-ads-to-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/12\/apple-pushes-iphone-6s-pop-up-ads-to-app-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Pushes iPhone 6s Pop-up Ads to App Store"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roger Fingas<\/a> (comments<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Apple is beginning to push fullscreen pop-up ads for the iPhone 6s to people opening the App Store app on some older iPhone models, according to a rush of user complaints.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Apple has previously marketed new devices through things like App Store banners and collections, but this is the first time Apple has temporarily prevented people from using an app simply for the sake of marketing — at least when excluding the Apple Music sign-up screen seen after launching the iOS Music app for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

damonf<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Seems like this should have only been targeted at iPhone 5 or older, given that customers can currently purchase the 5s as the entry-level iPhone model. That’s kinda like buying a low-end\/entry level model from a car manufacturer, open up the on-screen owner’s manual, and it has a pop-up recommending you by the high-end\/premium model.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Prof_Peabody<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The new Music app was the first of it. If you have a force-press phone, it contains an advertisement for the Apple Music service that cannot be removed and sits there day after day asking you to join up. Every time you upgrade and re-start music for the first time, it shoots an advert at you on top of the one on the force-press menu.<\/p>\n

Hell since iOS 8, most of the time when you open a store in an Apple OS, even if you are clicking on a link from an upgrade notification, it takes you to the promotional screen first, then you have to purposely switch back<\/em> to the upgrades tab. It’s getting a bit ridiculous if you ask me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Convex_Clock<\/a>:<\/p>\n

It is already the trend. iTunes has alway been bent to try to sell things while I’m trying to use my computer on a daily bases. And on iOS I think it was about a year ago that App Store started defaulting back to the Featured screen, instead of staying on the Updates where I left it. They thought I wouldn’t notice that I see ads now when I update my apps. I did notice, and it bothers me every time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously: Push Notifications to Send Promotions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Update (2015-12-12): Nick Heer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Interstitial advertising is obnoxious, and Apple is already too keen on self-promotion in iOS for my liking — you can’t hide the Watch app if you don’t own an Apple Watch, for example.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Update (2015-12-14): Nick Mediati<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Although it’d be easy to dismiss the ad as a hoax—after all, it seems so...un-Apple—other iOS users have confirmed the existence of the popup, both on Twitter and in 9to5Mac’s comments section.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A Macworld<\/em> commenter says that the pop-up even appeared on an iPhone 6.<\/p>\n\n

John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Very strange decision on Apple’s part to do this. It’s uncouth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Update (2015-12-16): Thom Holwerda<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I got the ad as well, but on my iPhone 6S, which makes even less sense. This is just sleazy and scummy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Update (2018-03-09): scott<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Apple News spamming my device. This is a full screen pop-up ad in Apple News that forces me to interact with it before I can get to the app.<\/p>\n

The only options are ‘sign me up’ or ‘not now’, meaning Apple is going to continue spamming me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Update (2018-04-14): Joe Baumgartner<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Looks like Apple is advertising via notifications similar to third parties.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Update (2018-06-25): Damien Petrilli<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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This is the obnoxious part of Apple I can’t stand. I don’t want to use your service Apple, stop showing it to me everywhere.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Update (2019-02-18): Renaud Lienhart<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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This the experience of launching Music.app nowadays: a full-screen, non-dismissible loading modal, followed by a broken marketing upsell.<\/p>\n

Appalling 😒<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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