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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
As I said elsewhere, I can live with iAds if it leads to more free and very cheap apps. I can't if we end up with adds in $5-10 apps.
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It'll lead to bad devs using them everywhere, and less good devs. You can be sure that they'll prohibit other adverts, and as I've said before, targeting adverts where you can keep 100% of the revenue can easily pay a order of magnitude more than generics with only 60% kept. At least two good iPhone dev studios I know use targeted adds, and they're currently both preparing for an switch to Android on that basis.
Ralph Sir Edward - Thing is, they are
not making a profit. The App store does not generate them that much money! They're running it down for no good return. It's
bizarre.
Sonist - Yes, that makes it even worse. And of course, even if they did they could easily grant a licence for iPhone apps to use them, unlike certain appologia suggesting they somehow have to ruthlessly crush good apps.