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From: John Navas on 6 Jul 2010 22:34 Apple is using the immense amount of data that it has collected from its 150 million iTunes accounts to help its iAd advertisers target their pitches to users of iOS 4 devices. MORE: <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/06/apple_targets_ads/>
From: nospam on 6 Jul 2010 23:01 In article <8rp736td46jtf8d40eqsccm7gr3e43351e(a)4ax.com>, John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > Apple is using the immense amount of data that it has collected from its > 150 million iTunes accounts to help its iAd advertisers target their > pitches to users of iOS 4 devices. guess what google does, only on a much bigger scale. guess what the third party ad networks were doing. if you don't want ads, don't buy apps with ads in them. very simple. you're on some sort of crusade.
From: Larry on 7 Jul 2010 01:10 nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in news:060720102001026180% nospam(a)nospam.invalid: > In article <8rp736td46jtf8d40eqsccm7gr3e43351e(a)4ax.com>, John Navas > <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >> Apple is using the immense amount of data that it has collected from its >> 150 million iTunes accounts to help its iAd advertisers target their >> pitches to users of iOS 4 devices. > > guess what google does, only on a much bigger scale. > > guess what the third party ad networks were doing. > > if you don't want ads, don't buy apps with ads in them. very simple. > > you're on some sort of crusade. > Er, ah, I believe he was reporting a news item to the group. Just because it's Apple, does that make it heresy or a criminal offense? -- Global Warming and Creationism are to science what iPhone 4 is to antennas... Larry
From: DanS on 7 Jul 2010 08:29 > Just because it's Apple, does that make it heresy or a > criminal offense? That is the inference.
From: Bogey Man on 7 Jul 2010 09:15
It would probably be more newsworthy if Apple didn't use purchase history to target their pitches. This doesn't seem to me to be a rare occurrence. Ron P "John Navas" <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote in message news:8rp736td46jtf8d40eqsccm7gr3e43351e(a)4ax.com... > Apple is using the immense amount of data that it has collected from its > 150 million iTunes accounts to help its iAd advertisers target their > pitches to users of iOS 4 devices. > > MORE: <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/06/apple_targets_ads/> |