Re: Apple spews malware advertisingments all over the iPhone (again!)

On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:46:38 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :

Note that recently Tyrone called an ad from T-Mobile "malware" so
that's why this is similar malware - only much (much!) worse since it
comes from Apple directly.

 
I'm not sure I would call this "malware", but I see that you are
comparing it directly to what another user said.

Hi badgolferman ,

Thank you for understanding EXACTLY why I called it 'malware', which is
what the Apple trolls called the T-Mobile "Sliide" advertising screen.

What's really happening is the Apple trolls, who bought Apple products out
of pure religious herd-animal zealotry, are *desperate* to claim something
(anything!) in iOS is "better" than it is on Android. Tyrone was so
*desperate* to claim there's more "malware" on Android, that Tryone called
the ad from T-Mobile malware.

So, using the same faulty logic that Tyrone used, I called it malware.
But you & I both know it's not malware - but the Apple trolls call it that.

What it is though, is an "aggressive" unwanted ad by Apple.
And that's what the article was complaining about.
 "Regardless of the film's quality, or your feelings about notifications
  that straddle the line of a useful deal and an ad, this is
  aggressively thirsty."
  <https://www.theverge.com/news/692276/apple-wallet-notification-f1-movie-ad>

Apple is desperate (they called it "thirsty") to put ads on your phone!
And you can't stop them from doing that.

I'm not thrilled about Apple pushing advertisements on my phone, but
that F1 advertisement wasn't the only one.  There also was one for an
Apple credit card right next to it.  Fortunately clicking the little x
made them both go away.

Thank you for that detail, where, let's be clear, I agree with anyone who
makes a logically defensible argument. I agree, both Apple and T-Mobile
made it trivially easy to get rid of the trespassing ad by clicking (X).

That is further agreement that it's not "malware" since both companies
(T-Mobile and Apple) were very polite about making the ad go away.

But how do we convince Tyrone that it's not malware when he says it is?

That reminds me, Microsoft has many of these advertisements on its
Windows 11 platform

There is a classic "gotcha" which Apple users often fall into, which is
they "think" they know how other operating systems, work; but they don't.

You "may" have fallen prey to that tendency of Apple users to think they
know how other operating systems operate, based on tidbits of data points.

My wife's laptop is on Windows 11 and I haven't seen an ad but I just
looked it up (since I'm not an Apple troll, I look things up - fancy that).

There are 'ads' (i.e., suggestions) in Win11; but you can turn them off.
1. Settings > Personalization > Start:
   "Show recommendations for tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more"

2. Settings > Privacy & Security > General:
   "Let apps show me personalized ads by using my advertising ID"
   "Show me suggested content in the Settings app"

3. Settings > System > Notifications > Additional settings:
   "Show the Windows welcome experience"
   "Suggest ways to get the most out of Windows"
   "Get tips and suggestions"

4. Settings > Personalization > Lock screen:
   Change your background from "Windows spotlight" to either
   "Picture" or to "Slideshow" and then uncheck
   "Get fun facts, tips, tricks, and more on your lock screen"

5. File Explorer > Options > View tab:
   "Show sync provider notifications"

Thank you for bringing this to the fore, as I was unaware of these.
I will check my wife's laptop, but to leverage this knowledge, as I am wont
to do, I will post this information to the Windows 11 newsgroup.

That way your information will help others learn, and we both will learn
more by asking the Windows 11 newsgroup if that removes all the ads.
 <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/search.php?group=alt.comp.os.windows-11>

Thank you VERY MUCH for informing me of this Microsoft ad policy!

and I'm fairly sure Samsung pushes them on the Galaxy phones.

Thank you for saying that as "fairly sure" as I've never seen ads.

On my Samsung Galaxy A-series, I have not seen an ad until that T-Mobile ad
popped up, which is why it was so unusual as I never see any ads.

So I must ask you, nicely so, why you think there are ads when I haven't
seen those ads that you think are on Samsung devices?

 And now streaming services like YouTube, Netflix,
Peacock, Hulu, etc. also force you to watch advertisements unless you
pay for a higher tier of service.

Thank you for bringing that up, but I get YouTube without ads for free.
 <https://newpipe.net>

I don't like the Apple advertisements, but honestly I didn't even know
these two were there until I read your article.

Thank you badgolferman for being logical and sensible where it's refreshing
to carry on a normal adult conversation on any Apple Usenet newsgroup.

There are precious few posters to Apple newsgroups who are not religious
zealots, so it's heartening that you can carry on a normal conversation.

Better yet, I *learned* from you that Microsoft Windows 11 has ads.
I was not aware of that but I will do the two things above I said.

That way I learn from every (adult) interaction on this newsgroup.
Thanks!
--
Here is the Windows 11 thread that resulted from your useful data!
 *Can you turn all the Microsoft-served ads off in Windows 11 - or not?*
 Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025
 Message-ID: <103hrc6$2cck$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com>