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Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy

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AnonC · 1790088825 · focus · HN ↗
I doubt John Ternus will change direction anytime soon, since it will look like he’s reversing the plethora of eyesore ads that Tim Cook added over his tenure.
But the Apple with ads is not the Apple that had some taste and discernment in the past. For a long time I’ve visited the App Store’s app update page directly (tap and hold on App Store icon to see the context menu option). Anytime I inadvertently go to the App Store home page or the few times I search, it’s an ad filled disaster!
From this article
> repeatedly attempting to prod customers towards even more of the company’s products might seem cheap, even distasteful.
From a recent post by John Gruber:
> Steve Jobs in 2011: 'We Build Products That We Want for Ourselves, Too, and We Just Don't Want Ads' [1]
Looks like Tim Cook, John Ternus and Eddy Cue really enjoy being swamped with ads in their products. Will there soon be a time when Apple executives start carrying some other brand’s devices with them to avoid having a rotten experience?
[1]: We don’t want ads <a href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/07/28/jobs-we-dont-want-ads" rel="nofollow">https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/07/28/jobs-we-dont-wa...
1. everforward · 1790113222 · focus · HN ↗
  Search on the app store sucks too. I haven't been able to find either a way to search for only apps that charge for downloads (I don't want to watch an ad for features, or nickel and dimed on IAP), or some kind of "minimum price" slider I can use.
  That feels like a bog-standard search feature on a marketplace. I can only assume the omission is intentional.
  1. Obscurity4340 · 1790116909 · focus · HN ↗
    Use AppRaven, its better for discovery and actual discussion of app stuf
    TalkingCodeMonk · 1790123495 · focus · HN ↗
    You should specify appraven.net, as a scammer just slopped together an AI site based on your (or others) recommendation, charging $50 a month.
    "Apps worth copying, already making money." – <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260923001345/https://appraven.app/" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20260923001345/https://appraven....
    "Stop guessing. AppRaven(.app) shows you what people really search for on the App Store, what they complain about in the apps that already exist, and hands you a plan you can start coding today."
    Obscurity4340 · 1790162514 · focus · HN ↗
    Thats wild, wow. Thanks for clarifying that

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