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Google Bans Apps From Displaying Lock Screen Ads (androidpolice.com)
Google is banning lock screen ads from the Play Store. In the new section on Google's developer monetization page, Google says: "Unless the exclusive purpose of the app is that of a lock screen, apps may not introduce ads or features that monetize the locked display of a device." Android Police reports: So, an app that bills itself as a photo editor, VPN, or file explorer cannot also cram a new lock screen on your device that's infested with ads. However, an app that is actually a lock screen can still monetize with ads. Presumably, you know what you're getting when you install a lock screen app. This policy change is long overdue. It's been a few years since these ads started showing up, and it's getting pretty out of hand.
Amazon sells fire tablets running amazon ads on the lockcreens. They sell them for cheaper than the non-ad versions.
Presumably people put up with it for the same reason they put up with the far more annoying ads interrupting TV shows: they're used to it.
Until unlimited data plans become cheap and affordable AND malware ceases to be a vector from online ads
Wow, talk about low on the list of reasons to block adverts. Let's add some: ....
AND battery life isn't affected
AND web pages / apps don't take forever to load.
AND the device ceases interrupting me to view an advert (video ads are instant grounds for uninstalling apps)
AND the ads stop taking up most of the content space
AND
Common people, chime in. I'm sure we can make this thread go on for ever. Forget malware and bandwidth. Ads are a blight on the entire mobile world right now.