[melvinram]

> Apple with settings ads

Say more?

[SheinhardtWigCo]

Apple bends its own rules by using push notifications to promote Apple Music: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/18/18229492/apple-music-push...

Apple sends push notification advertising Emmy nominations: https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/07/15/apple-sends-unsol...

Apple caught spamming iPhone 12 owners with free Apple Arcade offers: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2020/10/28/apple-arcade-free-o...

Apple is advertising its monthly iPhone installment plan in the Wallet app: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/12/16/iphone-financing-wa...

[oneplane]

They probably think that the section in the iCloud subscription settings about what the product costs and what it provides is "settings ads".

[karaterobot]

MacOS shows me a notification when I'm running Firefox which says

    Try the new Safari
    Fast, energy-efficient, and with a beautiful new design

That's an advertisement, right?

[busymom0]

The iPhone shows “Apple arcade for free for 3 months” ad at the very top of the settings home page. Not iCloud.

Here’s how it looks:

https://i.imgur.com/64sP9yh.jpg

[jen729w]

I believe they are referring to Apple’s encouragement to sign up to/in to iCloud within the Settings app on iOS, suggesting that this is an ‘ad’ on a par with the Microsoft ad shown in the OP.

[oneplane]

Not even close. If you go to iCloud (a tiered service with one free offering and only paid options beyond that), you get product messaging about iCloud. Not "how to write confidently in this other unrelated product that you don't have but you can buy from us".

[tacotacotaco]

I might guess they are referring to the Apple Pay signup, the Apple TV and Apple Arcade promotions which show up as settings notifications.

[yurishimo]

I think they’re referring to the upsell of iCloud. If you’re not subscribed to even the $1 tier or wherever, there is a line under the iCloud menu item to upgrade. I don’t think it’s especially egregious but some might have a different opinion.

[busymom0]

It’s worse:

https://i.imgur.com/64sP9yh.jpg

[2fast4you]

They're probably talking about notifications probing you to add your card to Apple Wallet.

I'm not sure if you get them if you never touch Apple Wallet, I always get them when I transfer to a new phone or reset my current phone and need to setup my cards again before they can fully transfer.

It's annoying, but never felt it was comparable to Microsoft.

[ezfe]

You get them if you don't, but if you dismiss it it goes away forever.

[LorenPechtel]

Finish setting up your i<device>. It doesn't go away.

Nowhere near as evil as what the other guys are doing, though.

[bertman]

https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/apple-is-put...

[smoldesu]

I got near-daily ads for Safari on Mojave. Pretty good OS, but that just drove me straight up the wall...