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‘I wish Apple would just stop that crap': Apple has added persistent ‘ads’ to iOS, and it’s…

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iOS users are seeing ‘ads’ for other Apple products on their iPhones

The banners promote services like iCloud+, Apple Music and AppleCare+

The messages often can’t be dismissed and stick around for weeks

If you were to ask iOS users how they felt about Apple ’s decision to insert ads into Apple Maps , it would quickly become obvious that it was not a popular move . So when iPhone fans discovered that Apple has been inserting prompts for its own products into iOS, the reaction was predictably swift and furious.

The ‘ads’ in question appear in the Settings app in iOS.…

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