Surprised this is only being mentioned now. I've been getting these on my phone for years.
this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2026
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Definitely not new and the way the articles headlined I thought there was some sort of ad in iOS that was blatant that I hadn’t noticed.
Using the same language as the article (not very accurate) “iOS users don’t use the settings app and won’t see ads.”
Just to be clear for those that wooshed; people do go into settings but it’s not like every user is staring at the settings app everyday. The ads also aren’t very intrusive, so comparing them to the Windows start menu ads, which the article does, is ridiculous.
In summary; ads are bad and crap sensationalist reporting is also bad.
Yes, it’s not new and you don’t have to pay to get rid of them. If you can’t handle waiting for the offer to expire then you can accept the free trial and immediately cancel it. Unlike most companies apple ends a free trial immediately if you cancel it.
They’re also not pop up ads. They’re inline in the settings ui. I’ve been told I’m overly sensitive to ads and these only annoy me slightly.
You're only slightly annoyed by an ad that requires you to subscribe to a service with a free trial, then cancel the trial, to remove?
And I thought any ad on a $2000 product was too much, even it it was as simple as closing with an X
It’s pretty whiny to downvote someone who’s clarifying a misleading article.
Yeah, it’s only slightly annoying because I rarely look at settings and when I do it takes a microsecond to scroll that tiny extra bit past the single line item.
There are a million other things in the world to get bent out of shape about. This is an utterly ridiculous hill to die on.
I was just surprised that was your standard, not whining.
But if you want to call the article "misleading" and "utterly ridiculous" to criticize them, then that's over the threshold from odd opinion to bad prescription
you can accept the free trial
In my experience, accepting a "free trial" usually requires accepting a long list of some company's terms and conditions.
You might find that an acceptable imposition in an interface upon which you depend, and on the expensive device that you bought. Many of us do not.