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its not about putting ads on the homescreen? they have done exactly that with xbox already, 50% of the homescreen is composed of ads

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Whats more they try to justify it with sickeningly transparent lies like ads being "Content users are demanding" now.

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I was thinking of Android in the sense that they didn't make a phone so they could insert ad slots into the basic UI, but you're totally right.

And personally speaking, just last night I signed in to the dashboard, saw the ads, and thought to myself, "So it's come to this: I have to choose between being monetized by ads, or by rootkits. Great."

JellyBean puts Play ads in the music app, and on the home screen by default, at least on the Nexus 7.

Also, one of the Kindles has home screen ads.

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