Some folks have evolved into loudmouth crybabies. There's no other explanation for spending any amount of time complaining about an advertisement that amounts to a poster in the window of a retail store. Next time you losers who are b!tching about this walk through a mall, you better stop in and complain to the store manager of EVERY STORE IN THE MALL!
9to5Mac and MacRumors are reporting that AT&T is offering BOGO Samsung phones but it also applies to the 6S and 6S Plus (though they're not advertising those). I find that, along with this App Store ad quite interesting. Perhaps sales of the 6S aren't doing as well as Apple had hoped. Has Apple ever allowed a carrier BOGO before?
I can't wait to see how some of the usual suspects on this forum defend this. Should be entertaining.
And what, exactly, do you plan to do about this other than whine? Switch platforms? Who would you go to that doesn’t advertise their products on their own websites? Put your money where your whine is. Otherwise you don’t look so good.
I think commiserating is what people are actually doing. Apple used to have a better experience than they do now. They're still better than anything else, but this is definitely new (and unwelcome for me at least) behavior. This might be just what Apple needs to grow even bigger, but I'm unhappy because it makes my experience worse.
Well, their hardware works so well, people can keep using older phones a lot longer than Android devices. Everyone will upgrade one day, relax Apple and enjoy the journey.
I can't wait to see how some of the usual suspects on this forum defend this. Should be entertaining.
And what, exactly, do you plan to do about this other than whine? Switch platforms? Who would you go to that doesn’t advertise their products on their own websites? Put your money where your whine is. Otherwise you don’t look so good.
Since when is the App Store a website? If I'm going to the App Store to look for an app I don't want to see a full screen ad that I have to dismiss. What's next, every time a non-Apple Music subscriber opens the music app they get presented with a full modal app asking them to sign up for Apple Music? Stupid idea. All it's going to do is annoy customers and make Wall Street analysts think 6S sales are soft.
Quit complaining, trying to make mountains out of mole hills.
Some folks have evolved into loudmouth crybabies. There's no other explanation for spending any amount of time complaining about an advertisement that amounts to a poster in the window of a retail store. Next time you losers who are b!tching about this walk through a mall, you better stop in and complain to the store manager of EVERY STORE IN THE MALL!
9to5Mac and MacRumors are reporting that AT&T is offering BOGO Samsung phones but it also applies to the 6S and 6S Plus (though they're not advertising those). I find that, along with this App Store ad quite interesting. Perhaps sales of the 6S aren't doing as well as Apple had hoped. Has Apple ever allowed a carrier BOGO before?
That so called BOGO iPhone 6s 'deal' requires a 2.5 year contract. Its not even close to a free phone. You will receive a bill credit for 30 months. Stop it with your constant banter that the 6s isn't selling well. When you have hard evidence go ahead. But Mr Cook flatout said he's expecting they will break last years record.
Every phone you buy without paying for it completely upfront requires some sort of contract.
Some folks have evolved into loudmouth crybabies. There's no other explanation for spending any amount of time complaining about an advertisement that amounts to a poster in the window of a retail store. Next time you losers who are b!tching about this walk through a mall, you better stop in and complain to the store manager of EVERY STORE IN THE MALL!
9to5Mac and MacRumors are reporting that AT&T is offering BOGO Samsung phones but it also applies to the 6S and 6S Plus (though they're not advertising those). I find that, along with this App Store ad quite interesting. Perhaps sales of the 6S aren't doing as well as Apple had hoped. Has Apple ever allowed a carrier BOGO before?
That so called BOGO iPhone 6s 'deal' requires a 2.5 year contract. Its not even close to a free phone. You will receive a bill credit for 30 months. Stop it with your constant banter that the 6s isn't selling well. When you have hard evidence go ahead. But Mr Cook flatout said he's expecting they will break last years record.
My constant banter? Today is the first day I'vef questioned it. Why do you think Apple would allow AT&T to offer this under a BOGO promotion?
I have been irritated by the music pop-up, because you get a new one every time you upgrade the OS. Once was bad enough, and the latest music interface is bad even without this. Apple is normally good about focusing on making great products that provide the best user experience possible, with the understanding that this will be the best way to get customers to keep buying their products. Whoever made the decision to ad these pop-ups doesn't seem to get that.
This one pop-up isn't such a huge deal, but I hope it's not indicative of a shift in priorities.
Have you tried turning off Apple Music in Settings?
Settings -> Music -> Apple Music = Off
I had this on with my last upgrade and I got the stupid pop-up going into Music for the first time after switching it off. Hopefully I will not get one next time.
We need to be able to turn off Apple Music, Beats Radio, etc. Not interested in this stuff and they do not provide enough control for locking down devices for kids let alone us adults that don't want that crap either.
I'm not a fan of this. It's clearly advertising and not a public service announcement. I pay a lot for Apple devices, just about everyone who owns an iPhone knows that new models are available around each October, and this is behavior I'd expect more from Google. Apple should put ads where they belong -- not like this.
Only petty fools are annoyed by a relevant ad that can be dismissed in less than a second.
The same can be said about browser pop-ups, auto play video (with sound!), screen hiders, etc. It's gotten out of hand.
After years of resisting I finally installed an ad blocker. I was quite tired of watching a 30 second ad in between every 60 second video on news sites. In some cases it was multiple 30 second ads in a row. And ad delivery always works -- the "real" content has a high failure rate. If they would put as much effort/expenditure in content instead of marketing then perhaps their revenue wouldn't decline as quickly.
And Cook slowly converts Apple to political activism and increasingly desperate methods of support, shipping unfinished products, etc.. This is the top of the slide.
nonsense. seeking equality for all its workers and customers isnt a bad thing. unless you have an irrational hate for certain groups of people, of course... also, Jobs supported Product Red initiatives.
The daily pop up to update to iOS 9.1, and then now to 9.2 on my iPad is kind of annoying.
One dialog box pops up to update. I click not now. A second dialog pops up to remind me later. How about a remind me never option?
I have a nice and stable iPad where things now crash very infrequently. I always fear upgrading because sometimes apps crash more, sometimes the device becomes slower, and sometimes everything is just as fast or faster and apps work great.
Things are quite snappy and apps are working very great now for me on iOS 9.0
I wish I could dismiss the two update to 9.x dialog boxes forever.
If people think this is the first time Apple -- or any other merchant -- have ever popped up with a reminder about something, you have to wonder how long ago they arrived on this planet.
Its a security measure. Apple does not want Gramps to run an old version of iOS that could be open to attack.
I understand that is the case.
But since this was mainly a thread about pissing and moaning at such a de minimis issue I just thought I would go ahead and take the opportunity to pile on
So, you open the App Store (which is owned by Apple) and you're surprised that they then pop up a quick advert about a new product they have released. An advert that you can quickly skip past.
The Music app asked me once if I wanted to subscribe to or trial Apple Music and hasn't asked me since, even when upgrading my phone's OS. I don't care about that, again, that's just Apple advertising something they are offering and is quickly dismissed.
It's not quite an advert in the OS, it doesn't pop up whilst you're creating a text message or using any of the other functions. This is no different to adverts in free apps that you can download.
If this offends you so much then you can go and buy whatever phone you want, I couldn't care less personally. Although, I did obviously care enough to write this on here though.
Get over yourselves. There are more important things to complain about in life, and most of these comments border on moronic. So do you also bitch when you see one of their commercials when watching TV?
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I think commiserating is what people are actually doing. Apple used to have a better experience than they do now. They're still better than anything else, but this is definitely new (and unwelcome for me at least) behavior. This might be just what Apple needs to grow even bigger, but I'm unhappy because it makes my experience worse.
I really weep for the future of this country if something like this angers people.
Have you tried turning off Apple Music in Settings?
Settings -> Music -> Apple Music = Off
I had this on with my last upgrade and I got the stupid pop-up going into Music for the first time after switching it off. Hopefully I will not get one next time.
We need to be able to turn off Apple Music, Beats Radio, etc. Not interested in this stuff and they do not provide enough control for locking down devices for kids let alone us adults that don't want that crap either.
After years of resisting I finally installed an ad blocker. I was quite tired of watching a 30 second ad in between every 60 second video on news sites. In some cases it was multiple 30 second ads in a row. And ad delivery always works -- the "real" content has a high failure rate. If they would put as much effort/expenditure in content instead of marketing then perhaps their revenue wouldn't decline as quickly.
One dialog box pops up to update. I click not now. A second dialog pops up to remind me later. How about a remind me never option?
I have a nice and stable iPad where things now crash very infrequently. I always fear upgrading because sometimes apps crash more, sometimes the device becomes slower, and sometimes everything is just as fast or faster and apps work great.
Things are quite snappy and apps are working very great now for me on iOS 9.0
I wish I could dismiss the two update to 9.x dialog boxes forever.
So I can see why people would be annoyed.
But since this was mainly a thread about pissing and moaning at such a de minimis issue I just thought I would go ahead and take the opportunity to pile on