| ▲ | latexr 4 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
> The time that an “App Store” existed and didn’t have adverts was very minimal. The iOS App Store was introduced in 2008. Ads in it began in 2016. We’re in 2026. The App Store has had ads for longer than it didn’t, but the early period was not “very minimal”, it was almost half its current life time. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | threetonesun 3 hours ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Did ads on search appear in 2016? I vaguely remember the change to the “curated” pages with ads but I thought searching for a specific app and getting an ad for it (or something else) before the first search result was even newer. | |||||||||||||||||
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