Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 8th Jun 2010 22:07 UTC
When Apple announced its iAd mobile advertising initiative, many of us wondered how this would effect other mobile advertising agencies on the iPhone, and more specifically, Google's AdMob. Well, now we know: Apple has revised its iOS developer agreement to specifically lock out Google's AdMod. And then people wonder why Apple is no longer the darling of the geek world.
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Member since:2006-01-26
What does Google allow in that vein? The way the language reads to me is thus: Apple isn't going to let competitors collect free data on iPhone user demographics.
Does Google forbid web browsers from collecting information about what user's browsing habits are when they're using Google services? Could they do this even if they wanted to? Would users like that feature or hate it?
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2006-12-15
The proper comparison would have been: Will Google allow iAd to exist on Android-based devices?
As an example, Google doesn't get the luxury of providing Ads on Hotmail, or in any of the applications written by Apple for the iPhone...
My understanding is that AdMob is an optional service offered to mobile app *developers* for inclusion in their own software when that software is run by the user. Now those developers must use iAd instead. "
That is a better comparison. What does Google allow in that vein? The way the language reads to me is thus: Apple isn't going to let competitors collect free data on iPhone user demographics.