IT Home October 27th news, after developers and App Store users complained that gambling advertisements frequently appeared, Apple paused gambling-related advertisements in the App Store list.
Tuesday, app developers expressed concerns about the frequent appearance of gambling apps in Apple's new App Store app list ad slots. Probably in response to feedback, Apple has deleted ads related to gambling.
An Apple spokesperson made the following statement.
"We have paused ads related to gambling and some other categories on the App Store product page."
gambling apps account for a large proportion of Apple's new ad locations, and some users of reported that they saw gambling apps advertising time up to 30% .
These ads appear next to apps for children and even on the pages of gambling addiction recovery apps.
IT Home learned that promoting gambling applications is very controversial. These apps allow players to gamble in casino-like games including blackjack, poker, roulette, and more. Additionally, many of these applications inform users that they can exchange the winning money into cash through PayPal, Apple Pay or prepaid debit cards.
Many people criticized Apple for allowing these ads from the outset, saying it deviated from the customer first vision.
Wednesday night spot check showed that there were at least moderately relevant app ads in the App Store listing location, but there were no signs of gambling applications.
"Developers complain that there are a lot of gambling ads on their App Store list and are uncontrolled, and criticize Apple for being too greedy! 》
《Apple App Store starts to display more ads: cover the "Today" homepage and the "You may also like" part, and the country will not be affected for the time being》
