> One of the differentiators between iOS and Google was a lack of ads

Both have had ads in apps, in app stores and on websites. This was never a differentiator.

matsemann 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah, and no way of using a browser with ad blocker for a decade or to avoid them in apps. If anything, the iOS experience has always been more ad-riddled than Android.

	▲	raw_anon_1111 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The App Store came out in 2008, ad blocking in browsers came out in 2016. I have exactly one ad supported app on my phone - Overcast. Mobile games have become so enshittified they aren’t interesting. The only reason I haven’t paid for ad free Overcast is just because when I was about to in order to support an indie developer, the author introduced his own ad platform that wasn’t scammy and its ads for other podcasts in the same category for the one you are actually listening to. I found his ads good and I found other interesting podcasts because of it.

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agos 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

there was definitely a time when iOS App Store did not have ads

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realusername 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And both have an advertising id built-in into the OS (which I find insane as a concept)