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I have seen a reminder once about time running out to buy an AppleCare warranty, which I appreciated. What other ads have you seen in Settings?

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You get offers for Apple Fitness+ when buying a new Apple Watch. At the minute they’re very much on the boundary between ads and useful reminders/offers, and are still easy to dismiss. But I worry that as services continues to become a bigger and bigger focus for Apple that they may end up just like Samsung.

iCloud storage subscription when your phone is running low on space.

See this mini thread from a few days ago on the same topic -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29291166

Wow! I was going to mention the same mini thread (started by me!).

If you can still edit your message on the older thread/page, you should link to this discussion (or post a new message). That way, the circle of life will be complete haha

I’m kidding of course (you should still do it if you can/want) ;)

Sadly (but understandably) HN doesn't let me edit old comments. I guess the circle of life (read recursion!) can be complete here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29355580

It's very annoying. I think the time limit should be on the order of months rather than hours.

I tend to think that online discussions are better when people can edit their posts, correcting mistakes, adding context or information, or even changing their position in light of new evidence or convincing arguments.

advertises iCloud ..

advertises ApplePay

advertises AppleCare

advertises AppleMusic

advertises Apple Fitness

Not too much in your face but honestly it does come off as tacky.

It was a serious violation of good design principles for Apple to abuse notifications and (especially) the Settings app for pushing advertisements.

I'm not sure why they would want to destroy the positive brand reputation and goodwill that they've built over decades.

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