On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 7:15 AM, Kris Sisk <[email protected]> wrote: > > Normally you wouldn't catch me dead defending Apple, but they may have been > right in this particular instance. The ads they blocked were being used to > count iPads on Cupertino campus before they were released. If they can do > that then there's a legitimate privacy concern. I've no doubt that their > thoughts were more along the lines of 'We don't want people knowing what > we're working on' than 'This is a privacy issue for our users', but the end > effect is the same. >
Except they their terms of service also mean they are blocking AdMob, which is owned by Google. Not that I sympathize with Google missing out on some revenue in the short term, but lots of companies use them for ads already, and blocking them from a big chunk of the emerging mobile device space is clearly anti-competitive behavior. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321062 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
