

Apple Links Directly To Web in Full-Screen TV App Ad, Ignoring Rules for Other Developers (daringfireball.net) 27
Apple displayed a full-screen ad for "F1 The Movie" in its TV app that linked directly to a web browser for ticket purchases without showing warning screens that the company requires other developers to include when directing users outside their apps.
The "Buy Tickets" button sent users to the F1 movie website in their default browser without confirmation dialogs or interstitial warnings. Apple mandates that third-party developers show scare sheets when linking out of apps to sell digital content, but considers movie tickets a "real-world experience" exempt from its In-App Purchase system.
Further reading: iPhone Customers Upset By Apple Wallet Ad Pushing F1 Movie.
The "Buy Tickets" button sent users to the F1 movie website in their default browser without confirmation dialogs or interstitial warnings. Apple mandates that third-party developers show scare sheets when linking out of apps to sell digital content, but considers movie tickets a "real-world experience" exempt from its In-App Purchase system.
Further reading: iPhone Customers Upset By Apple Wallet Ad Pushing F1 Movie.
We're effing you (Score:3)
You asked for it when you bought Apple. Yes. You did.
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You asked for it when you bought Apple. Yes. You did.
Indeed - people even paid the extra Apple tax/premium for it - of course they expected it to be for no ads, instead of ads being an extra perk. Silly comsumers!
Re: We're effing you (Score:1)
I get the impression (Score:2)
That this is a really shitty movie
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It was actually a pretty good movie - The story is kinda stupid (it is a racing movie), but there's lots of action, the cast is good, and it's worth seeing in a big screen/IMAX theater (IMHO).
I saw it early (a "sneak peek") and the audience was easily half-female, and it was, to my eyes, more groups of girlfriends than young couples in the audience.
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You're really not selling it
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That this is a really shitty movie
When something is over-hyped commercially (as in the overabundance of ads for it), it's an immediate turn off for me - and this is no different.
I remember when Fight Club came out, it was so over-hyped I didn't even want to see if for years, because I thought it was only hyped because it was crap. Yes I was proven wrong, and think it's a great movie, but that didn't take away from the fact it was over-hyped.
Contrast that to, say, 6th Sense (same timeframe), for which word-of-mouth was somewhat insane, but j
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I think with Fight Club the advertising blew it. I don't remember the trailers, but I had the distinct impression that it was really just about the fight club. Those that would have been interested in the story likely passed on it, and those expecting 90 minutes of underground fighting were likely disappointed.
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I think with Fight Club the advertising blew it. I don't remember the trailers, but I had the distinct impression that it was really just about the fight club.
Yeah, that was basically it for me - that it was just about 2 guys and some underground "fight club" they formed - of course the title doesn't actually describe the story line, or do it justice.
The marketing push for this movie is insane (Score:2)
One of the things I really enjoyed (past tense) about Apple TV+ was the lack of advertisements and pushy marketing. This F1 movie thing has broken trust.
It seems like just last week (Score:2)
Oh wait, it was last week
Tell Congress (Score:1)
Ignored rules by not ignoring rules? (Score:2)
but considers movie tickets a "real-world experience" exempt from its In-App Purchase system.
So they didn't actually break their own rules? Not that it matters since it is their platform and they get to make the rules.
Also, it's not the only app that does this. Justwatch doesn't seem to need warnings to link you out to the web to buy digitial films from various vendors. Rotten Tomatoes app (yea they do have one, it's awful) also does not seem to require them for linking you out via the web to buy tickets to films currently in theaters. The very same thing Apple did here. So, WTF is the complaint
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But, as soon as you get to "security reasons", I think all bets are off.
Meaning: do they break their own rules around "security" or "privacy" ??
and the answer to that is usually "we can't tell you that.... for either security or privacy reasons!"
You really don't know how hard they are pushing on the scale... als
It's Apple (Score:2)
So... (Score:2)
Rules for thee and not for me [urbandictionary.com]
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Buried in the credits: (Score:1)
Product Placement Supervisor: Hip O. Crit
No, Not iPhone Users (Score:2)
No iPhone user gives any kind of fuck. Anyone have a count of Slashdot no-story-here posts by non-Apple owners' outrage about Apple? Well, +1 I guess.
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I'm an iPhone user, and I "give a fuck" that Apple is starting to show me ads.
If they're gonna start behaving like Google, I might as well move to the company that offers a functional voice assistant...
Comletely different case (Score:2)
For others, it means Apple doesn't get their percentage, here they get 100%.