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1. 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:&#x2F;&#x2F;daringfireball.net&#x2F;linked&#x2F;2026&#x2F;07&#x2F;28&#x2F;jobs-we-dont-want-ads" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;daringfireball.net&#x2F;linked&#x2F;2026&#x2F;07&#x2F;28&#x2F;jobs-we-dont-wa...

   1. pjmlp · 1790148209 · focus · HN ↗

      I love the &quot;Apple that had some taste and discernment in the past&quot; description, for those of us that remember the Apple that almost went bankrupt.

      There are enough examples until the NeXT reverse acquisition, bringing Jobs back, that prove it wasn&#x27;t always like that.

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