[eloisius]

Yup. I was very disappointed to discover that with the purchase of my My iPhone, the Settings app, the damn settings app, had ads plastered at the top of it. Two of them trying to sell me subscriptions to Apple Arcade and TV+. I’m very disappointed that, like every other garbage company, they’ve decided to subvert their own customers by following wherever the eyeballs go and sticking ads there.

[Razengan]

Apple Arcade, TV+ etc. are basically optional upgrades for your devices.

This is VERY different to letting third-parties advertise to you.

[eloisius]

They’re also not _settings_. They are unwelcome clutter that are not there to make my device serve me better while I go about my life. Just send me a marketing email so that I can mark it as spam.

[Xelbair]

and 1st party ads are still ads.