Apple begins rejecting apps that offer rewards for video views, social sharing

Re:Apple begins rejecting apps that offer rewards for video ... by increment_i on Monday June 09, 2014 @07:24PM (#7871084)

Wow, are you serious? People will watch ads for game credits? Thank goodness I was a kid in the 90s before this wackiness pervaded the gaming industry.

I'm not knocking you BTW - the market will bear what it will bear - but, wow I had no idea this was a thing.

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Re:Apple begins rejecting apps that offer rewards for video ... by wvenable on Monday June 09, 2014 @11:31PM (#7871718)

In the 90's you probably watched 10 minutes of ads in exchange for 20 minutes of Television more times than you can count.

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Re:Apple begins rejecting apps that offer rewards for video ... by MBCook on Monday June 09, 2014 @09:00PM (#7871371)

I've done it in lieu of paying for consumables. I'm not going to pay the money, but I'm willing to tap a button and do something else for 30 seconds while I wait for my phone to play a video I'm ignoring.

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Re:Apple begins rejecting apps that offer rewards for video ... by increment_i on Monday June 09, 2014 @07:37PM (#7871131)

Only on Hacker News would you get downvoted for questioning advertising.

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Re:Apple begins rejecting apps that offer rewards for video ... by exodust on Monday June 09, 2014 @11:32PM (#7871722)

Have we forgotten the days of "insert coin(s) to continue"?

Arcade games holding my progress to ransom was "accepted" in the 80s and 90s. Fast forward to today and watching a video for 30 seconds to gain more credits is unacceptable?

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