Opinion that 'the iPhone OS has become adware now?'



Regarding the amount of advertisements displayed on the genuine application of

iOS 13 which is the iPhone OS, Steve Striza, an engineer of the mini blog service Tumblr , complained that `` This is now adware '' and cast a ripple Was. Opinions on the Internet have been divided into both pros and cons to this claim.

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Many of the apps downloaded from the Apple Store display ads, but Striza has a problem with 'Apple ads displayed in genuine apps'. When Mr. Striza returned his iPhone to the factory default state and checked the behavior when Apple's genuine application was started for the first time, many genuine apps including the `` Music '' application showed that Apple's service was You have to face advertising.

For example, when you open the 'Music' app for the first time, an empty library is displayed, so tap the search field.



Enter the name of the singer or song and the search results will be displayed, so select one ...



Ads for paid plans will be displayed instead of song details.



This time, end the search and tap “For You” below. Then, there is a button that says 'Try It Now'.



The screen will immediately transition to the screen for selecting a paid plan. 'There is no mention of a subscription feature anywhere on the previous screen,' said Striza.



The screen of the 'Browse' tab below has a feeling that you can listen to songs, but basically tapping anywhere, you will reach the advertisement that covers the entire screen of the smartphone.



Strisa commented, 'There is some free content on the' Radio 'tab, but the' For You 'and' Find 'tabs are completely ads.' He pointed out that if you inadvertently sign up for a paid plan and cancel it, you will get a notification asking you to register again.



This is the 'TV' app and ...



'Wallet' app



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The same was true for the '

Apple Arcade ' tab in the 'Apple Store' app.



`` Of course, Apple has the right to let users know about their services, and there will be some rebuttals to my opinion that iOS apps are completely advertising, '' said Striza about advertising these Apple-branded apps. He said, 'I can't hide most of the myriad of ads that appear on devices that iPhone users have paid for and bought long ago. The software to be displayed in the jargon is called 'adware' in technical terms. '

Striza is not the only iPhone user who feels this. Former software developer and venture investor

MG Siegler posted on Twitter, 'Wow, this is overkill. When you launch the Wallet app, you'll see almost full-screen house ads ...'



According to Josh Centers of Apple-related information site TidBITS, from the experience of persistently recommending the movie `` Joker '' that I do not want to show to children while using Apple TV at home, `` To make Apple useful to users, 'TV 'I'm sorry for not design the app. instead of doing so, Apple and decided to promotional means for pressing the content of the application to the user,' says .



`` I think Striza calls adware exaggerated, but when he uses Apple products, he said, `` I've been forced to make a shopper make a credit card, '' said Nick Heer, a designer and

front-end developer. that can not be denied is becoming the mood you are in a department store, '' and the comment was.

In addition, some people have made Apple's attitude a problem based on a comparison between Apple and other companies. TechSpot of IT-based news site, 'A lot of Windows users who purchased the Windows 7, Microsoft's advertising strategy in a persistent free upgrade to Windows 10 was troubled . However, Microsoft is once a' hint 'or' proposal ' since taking the form of, the user is not had somehow endured 'and pointed out .



'Weirdly, Apple has a lot of ads on its products, even though it's not an advertising company,' said Thom Holwerda, editor-in-chief of OS-related news site OSnews, on Twitter. Advertising company Google has virtually zero ads on Android. '



In this series of discussions, opinions on the Internet have been split into two parts. 9to5Mac, which handles Apple-related news, conducted a questionnaire on an article that addressed Mr. Striza's claim, and as a result, the result was 34.14% for 'absolutely yes', 24.58% for 'somewhat so', 58.72% in total, with a total of 58.72% Supported Striza.



On the other hand, 25.11% of 'not so' and 10.85% of 'absolutely' add up to 35.96%, more than 30% disagree with Striza's opinion.



William Gallagher of AppleInsider, a news site specializing in Apple-related information, is taking a stand against the opinion that iOS is called adware. Gallagher says, 'We're waiting on YouTube for ads that can't be skipped in less than five seconds. That's what Apple is doing just like everyone does. You don't have to like it, but the idea of being completely adware is a pointless exaggeration. '

Mr. Gallagher also said that he was closed to the 'Apple News +' application that pretends that it can be read for free and that it is actually paid. On the other hand, 'I've been checking Apple announcements and events as a longtime Apple user, but most people don't. The best way to tell them about Apple's services is to notify them on Apple's device. ' It was a point of view that it was an effective method.

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