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citpeks said:

If your Chase credit card also had "Chase Home Loans.  Low Rates.  Apply Today." emblazoned on it, that would be advertising, of a different service from the same company, and different type of consumer loan.

Apple trying to hawk a movie from one of its other divisions inside your wallet, which many consider neutral ground, so to speak, is advertising.

I guess the company didn't learn from the U2 experience.

Attitudes like this are exactly why companies think they can get away with worming greater and greater numbers of true advertisements into users' lives.

Have you been into the Chase wallet app lately? It’s littered with ads that can’t be removed.

I just opened it up and just one page there’s an ad for Straight Talk Wireless, Wilson Shoes, Total Wireless, Orkin Pest Control, Whirlpool Appliances, Hello Fresh, Lululemon, and dozens of ads from other companies I’ve never heard of right on the main page. Granted they are below my transaction list rather than above it, but there are a total of 51 companies advertising in the Chase wallet app this morning.

The AMEX wallet app is the same. At least AMEX hides the ads behind an “offers” tab.

Meanwhile people are handwringing because the Apple Wallet app has ONE ad that can be dismissed away and never seen again. Give it a rest.

Not only that, but this is far from the first advertisement in the Wallet app. I'm frequently getting ads in my Wallet app to try and get me to shop at stores (Nike for example) to earn additional Daily Cash rewards for a limited time if I use my Apple Card. I also have to laugh at Gruber and his podcasting partner on Dithering as they both claimed they were so incensed about the ad...but the ad was apparently so unobtrusive that Ben didn't even realize he was sent the ad days prior until he actively went looking for it during the podcast recording. Like most things on the internet in modern times, this was all just ridiculous performative outrage for clicks.

All of the aforementioned third-party apps that have been "Sherlocked" this year still do far more than the new Apple features the OS 26 releases. For example, Flighty allows you to track any flight whereas the Apple version only allows you to track a flight you're on since it integrates with a boarding pass. Apple's clipboard manager only keeps an 8-hour history whereas Raycast and other clipboard managers allows you to store much more (plus those apps have dozens of other features). 

As with most any time Apple "Sherlocks" a feature, they implement the basic surface-level functionality which is fine for most users. But for folks that already use the expanded features of these third-party apps, it's unlikely what Apple has implemented here will fulfill their needs. As with most things Apple, their new features are designed for the masses. If you want deeper and more expanded feature-sets, that's where the third-party apps come in. That's not a bad thing. It allows Apple to implement an expanded list of basic features for all without introducing unnecessary complexity while allowing third-parties to develop markets of their own for power users.

iloveapplegear said:

When I was young, lucky to get an apple, some nuts and bar of chocolate in my xmas stocking.

No joke. A stocking stuffer is a Hershey bar or (in my day) a roll of film for my camera, not a $119+ pair of AirPods.

To whomever wrote this article: Just because something is small doesn't make it a stocking stuffer. If size is the sole qualifier, is an iPhone 16 Pro Max with 1T of storage a stocking stuffer as well?

Afarstar said:

Have they redesigned the Magic Mouse so you can charge it whilst using it - no I thought not. 

If you want a wired mouse, then buy a wired mouse. 🙄