Forced iAds Coming To OS X?

mario_grgic writes "Apple insider brings a story about expansion and renewal of a current 'Advertisement in Operating System' patent that Apple's Steve Jobs and other contributors have. The patent describes in detail (with OS X screen shots) how the forced ads would work (they would disable some OS functionality until the ad is viewed), but apparently it also applies to any device with a UI, including phones, TVs, set top boxes, etc. With Apple's recent entry into the mobile ad business, and its ambition to own half of all the mobile ads served during the second half of this year, it certainly makes one wonder if Apple would dare and put something like this in its desktop OS. I wonder if this would push more people to open source alternatives?"

Comments

Re:Interesting

[mark72005]

So... Apple is disabling functionality until you view a forced ad... but they are doing it because they love us!

Re:Interesting Spin in the Summary

[mark72005]

I've paid good money for this PC. Why should anyone but me decide when I relax and when I should be able to work?

Re:Interesting

[EraserMouseMan]

Apple is the authority on user experiences. Apparently Jobs' research has proven to him that Mac users will love having functionality disabled while they are forced to watch a super-cool ad. After all, people who buy Macs use them for dicking around on the Internet anyway. Slashdot should adopt Apple's new philosophy. Force Moderators who are dicking around on Slashdot with their Safari browser to watch a cool 30 second ad before being allowed mod down Apple bashing trolls.

Stuck at 5%

[Lawrence_Bird]

For all the Apple is great! bs that you read, their market share in the os area is still stuck at 5% +/- a tiny bit depending on the metric used. So really what you should be asking is 'will apple fanboys be offended by ads on their lap/desktops enough to go back to windows?' These are users which treasure ease of use and they aren't going to get that in any linux or BSD alternative.

Re:Billionaire game: Abuse others

[BrokenHalo]

Steve Jobs' cancer is in remission. He interprets that at evidence he hasn't abused you enough.

Hey, I heard that 90% of you Americans believe in God. (That is weird.) Anyway, if that's true, you could do the rest of us some good and start praying that he gets sick again... ;-)

Re:Interesting Spin in the Summary

[sgraar]

Next time try to at least read the post to which you are replying with a modicum of attention.

Re:good for apple

[pandrijeczko]

Steve Jobs wants to shit in my mouth but this will be good because putting his fecal matter through a second digestive phase through my stomach & colon will maximise nutrient extraction from it in the same way that cows have four stomachs and rabbits eat their own droppings.

As a result of this, the strain put on the aging sewer system will be lessened, it will require less maintenance meaning that my quarterly bills for water & sewage services will be reduced.

Thus I have proven that Steve Jobs taking a dump in my mouth will make me a wealthier, happier person.

Re:Short answer: no

[pandrijeczko]

The argument goes deeper than that, I'm afraid.

Apple's computers are *deliberately* set at a premium price to ensure that only a minority of people will buy them. This gives the purchasers automatic membership to an exclusive little club that appeals to their needs to be elitist.

And if it is *NOT* just about being able to display the Apple logo as a membership card in that elitist club, then I challenge any Apple to physically remove the Apple logo from their device as proof that it isn't.