iAds uses iTunes history, location information to target advertising

Check out iLineup Lite and let me know if you see the iAds

Check out iLineup Lite and let me know if you see the iAds

You could have mentioned that the oo.apple.com ops you out as soon as you click the link, I just wanted to read if there was any information on that page.

I'd rather have targeted ads than generic ones I don't have any interested in.

It's minority report (except they're not scanning your retinas (Yet - Good application of the front facing camera ;) ))

The thing is though, you can say all you want about the economy and the importance of advertisements to organisations and marketing. BUT after being subjected to the Apple adverts and spending £500 upwards or $1000 after service and everything else, i don't see why we should have to have further advertisements on the actual devices. It's actually ridiculous, the economy had ticked over relatively fine in the majority of the years where we've had mobile/cell phones that don't blast adverts in our faces, why should we have to put up with it now.

the only iAd that i ever saw was a Nissan ad, which is weird because all that i ever download from iTunes are free apps, and there is only one navigation app that i have downloaded. i liked it better when my ads came from a third-party

How do you opt back in (no really)

Marketing is all about being able to sell the right product to the right person. The main drive of any marketing team is to find the right person. While this was previously done by just blanketing a city with fliers, junk mail, or billboards, technology has now enabled companies to profile potential customers and deliver ads that are suited for them. Facebook and Google have already been doing this for years. Every iPhone user has been exposed to this same marketing technique numerous times, it's just never been this direct and personal before.

Is this any different than having technology vendors at a technology expo? No. Any different than placing ads for bail bondsmen right outside the county jail? No. How about advertising beer at sports games? Nope.

This kind of location-based and profiling marketing is ancient. Apple has just tweaked it to present you with an ad that it thinks is suitable. Do I like ads? Nope. They bug me or make me laugh at how stupid they are and wonder what the world is coming to. Ironically enough, I work in marketing at the moment. While I don't make/write any ads, I do have to distribute them. I think Apple is spot on with this. While I don't want to see any of these iAds, I realize that companies are going to try to sell their product any way possible. And I'd much rather see an "iAd" on my iPhone than get telemarketing calls on it.

Ok, if you are really upset by this then you obviously have no idea how much information Google and many others already have about you. If the idea of people knowing your demographics and buying habits scares you, then do yourself a favor and stop using the Internet. It's not going to get better from here.

"Fire direct marketing algorithm!"

I don't see the problem with this tbh. Apple already have all this data about you anyway, so why not use it to give the user a better experience.
Before anyone starts, I realise having no ads at all would be a better experience, but if you have to have ads in an app, at least I would rather ads that are relevant to me.