Re:Super-Accurate GPS Chips Coming to Smartphones in 2018
by darren_ on Friday September 22, 2017 @02:51AM
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The iTunes store shows ads, and they can be demographically and geographically targeted.
I don't know if they're ads or not but there's also location based app suggestions too.
disclaimer: i'm a googler so glass house throwing stones etc, and of course the scale is way different
Re:Super-Accurate GPS Chips Coming to Smartphones in 2018
by tomlock on Friday September 22, 2017 @02:14AM
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You're right, I wouldn't say your grocery store is an advertising company because they put Crest at eye level - I'd say they're an advertising company because they likely sell your loyalty card data to 3rd parties for $$$. Adtech is eating everyone's data.
IDFA is still going strong on Apple phones and is likely to continue into iOS 11.
Is that even true? They pulled the plug on mobile ad sales a year or two ago (http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/01/18/after-abandoning-i...), where else would they make advertising revenue?
And in any case, a company who makes 99.9% of their revenue off of non-ad sales is definitely would never be categorized as an advertising company. My grocery store is paid to put crest at eye-level, that doesn't make them an advertising company...