★ Ads in Software Are Like Stickers on Laptops

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By John GruberJul 27, 2026, 12:32 pm105 pts
Regarding my recent pieces regarding Apple’s shitty ads in the App Store and Apple News (and, perhaps soon, Apple Maps), a friend sent me this pithy take: The ads Apple is happy to inflict on us in its apps are the equivalent of the stickers it would never allow on its physical products. Bullseye. That’s what…

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