Ads in Mobile Apps

The cluster centers on discussions about advertisements in mobile apps, app stores, and operating systems, including complaints about intrusive ads, ads in paid versions, platform differences between iOS and Android, and their impact on user experience.

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Sample Comments

fapjacks Aug 9, 2016 View on HN

There are ways around ads in apps.

baseballdork Dec 9, 2021 View on HN

Could this be in response to apps indicating that they don't have ads even though they do?

dest Sep 12, 2018 View on HN

Aren't apps also crippled by ads?

oauea Apr 30, 2022 View on HN

I think you meant ads instead of apps.

j16sdiz Oct 22, 2021 View on HN

Majority of the android app are ad supported.

rchaud Feb 26, 2021 View on HN

There are ads all over the App Store FYI

ricardobayes Apr 18, 2023 View on HN

How is this worse than Apple's App Store outright displaying ads?

Zekio Jun 14, 2023 View on HN

probably have them make all those ads that keep popping up in the app about buying more hardware...

jdironman May 11, 2019 View on HN

That sounds more like the app they were using had ads built in?

nicolashahn Oct 12, 2022 View on HN

Shouldn't be news, the same would happen with literally any ad-based app.