Poll: What are your feelings about iAds?

I will _NEVER_ click on an iAd.

I used to get unlimited bandwidth on my phone. When I next upgrade phones, I will be forced into a contract with a 500MB cap (that does not rollover to the next month!)

Without any background apps, this is already less than I use a month. Being able to background streaming music apps will only increase this.

Before the cap came, there was a chance that I would click an ad out of curiosity or interest. But now that I have to ration my bandwidth and usage, why on earth would I actually spend my own money to look at an ad?

Speaking of ads, I just had an ad roll right on across my screen. Not cool TUAW, not cool at all.

I absolutely hate advertising in apps. I'd much rather check out a feature light version of an app rather than an ad-supported app. I do pay for apps that I find useful. Ads come at a cost . . . they take additional bandwidth. I assume that I am paying for that bandwidth and with AT&T's new fixed plans, that should concern everybody. Is it a lot of data? I don't know, but has Apple even said what it is or isn't going to allow in ads as far as data usage? Given the small size of the iPhone screen, all ads are obtrusive-- they all suck. On my 1920 pixel wide PC screen, it doesn't bother me as much.

I plan on trying to avoid as many of these ads as possible. I just hope this doesn't force users to see more and more instrusive ads even in PAID apps which should NOT have any ads yet more are...

Technically it should be possible for all adds to go throughs some sort of proxy, thus enabling the advertisers pay for the data usage. It's a model that's planned for smart poster advertising with NFC handsets.

I agree we shouldn't be subsidizing the advertisers data bandwidth.

As a user:

- Free apps, yes I can completely understand including ads; if it's a full-featured version with the only difference between free and paid versions being the ads. But please don't off a cheap, sub-par version of the app *and* include ads.

- Paid apps, absolutely not. I pay money because I want a clean, polished end product with not interference in productivity.

If I'm in a paid app or any Apple app on my phone and an Ad pops up - I go immediately to jailbreaking and find any way possible to find an adblock equivalent.

I'm all for funding free apps this way, but if you have the gall to ask for a lic, and then you turn out to be a spammer, you're dead to me.

Just ordered an HTC Evo4G ... iAds is just one of the reasons for my departure.

I'm taking a "wait and see" approach to iAds ... I like good ads but hate being bombarded with invasive crap.

Will we start getting sponsored alerts? How about little jingles before a call is put through/voicemail message is played? Promos attached to text messages?

Maybe some location aware app that sends you "special offers" as soon as you walk into a shopping mall?

Yikes!

I hope this isn't the then edge of the wedge.

To be honest I wouldn't mind if there were ads in a paid app. Sometimes just the price of the app isn't enough for the developer to cover the cost. As a long-time Internet user you begin to start just blanking the ads out that appear on sites. They're not that much of a big deal to me.