"It is also widely known to serve rather low-quality and borderline untrustworthy ads, which was surprising when Axios reported in 2024 that Apple had struck a deal with it to sell and place ads on Apple News. At the time, Daring Fireball's John Gruber noted that while odd, the new partnership might actually not move the quality needle one way or another, since Apple News' selection of ads wasn't exactly stellar to begin with."
"I use Apple News to keep up on topics that I don't find in sources I pay for (The Guardian and The New York Times). But there's no way I'm going to pay the exorbitant price Apple wants for Apple News+ - £13 - because, while you get more publications, you still get ads. And those ads have gotten worse recently. Many, if not most, of them look like and probably are scams. Here are a few examples from Apple News today."
"McElhearn goes on to show multiple examples of ads featuring images of AI-generated products, one of which did a comically bad job at trying to hide the Google Gemini watermark. Moreover, all ads listed on his post are from companies whose domains were created as recently as last month, and at least one of them employs a famously misleading technique that has actually been warned against by the US Better Business Bureau."
Apple partnered with Taboola to sell and place ads on Apple News. Taboola is one of the largest ad‑tech companies and is widely known to serve low‑quality and borderline untrustworthy ads. Observers originally expected little change in Apple News ad quality, but ads have noticeably worsened. Many displayed ads resemble scams, featuring AI‑generated product images and a comically visible Google Gemini watermark. Several advertisers use domains created as recently as the previous month, and at least one ad employs a famously misleading sales technique that the US Better Business Bureau has warned against. Apple News+ still charges about £13 while continuing to show ads.
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