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    NO ads please

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by crazycanuk, Oct 22, 2009.

  1. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    Apple patents putting ads in the OS?

    http://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple-patents-advertising-mac-osx,8909.html

    Yikes I sure hope not. Dont I get enough crap already?

     
    crazycanuk, Oct 22, 2009
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  2. electrosoft

    electrosoft Perpetualist Matrixist

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    The idea it seems is to use advertisements to generate revenue and either reduce the cost of the OS to the end user or make it completely free.

    As long as the end user as the option of paying the full price and not being bombarded with ads, I'm ok with such a scenario.
     
    electrosoft, Oct 22, 2009
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  3. Peon

    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    So, has Apple finally seen the darkness, now that they want to join the bloatware camp?
     
    Peon, Oct 22, 2009
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  4. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    This is only a patent, It may or may not ever be used, It may not even be used on OS X, but some other OS.
     
    Seshan, Oct 22, 2009
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  5. MICHAELSD01

    MICHAELSD01 Apple/Alienware Master

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    Maybe Apple has an open source OS design different than OS X that would be open to anyone, PC or Mac, for free with ads or without ads for a premium price? Nah. :p
     
    MICHAELSD01, Oct 22, 2009
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  6. Peon

    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    If it were open source, I expect it would be trivial to strip out the ads without Apple's help :p
     
    Peon, Oct 23, 2009
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  7. weinter

    weinter /dev/null

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    OMG enough of their crappy ads.
    They are almost at the borderline of committing misrepresentation.

    It is an EPIC Failure if you need to use Ads to continue bashing rivals in order to keep up sales.
    Can't you just advertise and touts your own capabilities and leave others out of it?
    Someone should sue them to get them back in their place.
     
    weinter, Oct 23, 2009
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  8. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    *totally misunderstood what is going on here*

    this is not about the apple ad campaign at all.
     
    masterchef341, Oct 23, 2009
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  9. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    you are not getting it! you are not forced to watch ads! you can choose to do that in exchange of, lets say, free songs/movies/programs/etc.!
     
    Xirurg, Oct 23, 2009
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  10. weinter

    weinter /dev/null

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    Oh..
    Wrong thread. :D
     
    weinter, Oct 23, 2009
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