Google Slams Apple Over iPhone Ad Ban

crimeandpunishment writes "This real-life clash of the titans could be much more interesting than the movie. Today Google fired the latest volley in its war of words with Apple over mobile advertising. In a blog posting, the head of Google's mobile ad service, Admob, had harsh words for Apple's new restrictions concerning the iPhone and iPad ... calling them a threat to competition. There's a lot of money at stake ... the US mobile ad market, which is about $600 million, is expected to more than double by 2013."

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Google Admits Android Market is an Epic Failure

[macs4all]

By getting all hot under their e-collars about this ad-ban thing on iOS4 devices, Google management has made a tacit admission that they don't expect the Android market to make a significant dent in the iOS-device marketshare.

Think about it: If Google actually had faith in its own platform, they'd simply shrug off the ban.

Yep, Google, you just showed your hand... Very bad strategy on their part, methinks.

Re:Cry me a river

[NatasRevol]

You missed mTor's point.

It's not that you get an ad from someone else - Google allows that.
It's that you can't get an ad from a different ad platform on a Google page - Google doesn't allow that because it's competition. But they want Apple to allow it, which they actually do, but just don't provide ALL the metrics if you're a competitor. Which is hypocrisy and whining. And Apple is actually more open on advertising that Google is. Which is just hysterical.