Apple Keynote now showing ads in its UI

classified

Apparently I made the jump to Linux just in time. They are just your run-of-the-mill enshittifying Rent® Seeking© Optimizer™ now.

mark_l_watson

Another new annoyance: the Settings app has 2 red notification icons because Apple is trying to sell me extended AppleCare. Apparently no way to turn off these notifications.

hmry

I remember seeing this back in January

wat10000

Apple has one of the most valuable brands in the world. Why do they want to associate it with this tasteless nickel-and-diming? If nothing else, surely this is bad for business over the long term. Gain a few low-value subscriptions, lose a few high-value hardware purchases.

jpalawaga

Apple is just as bad as Microsoft in this regard. They just won't leave their users alone.

glimshe

If you work at OpenAI, I want to let you know I cancelled my ChatGPT subscription today because you won't stop pestering me with upgrade offers/ads. Go do that to your free users, not the ones paying your salary.

phoghed

From the title I imagined 3rd party ads, not an upsell for some feature of the app/platform. Who tf uses keynote anyway lol

sdcfgy

I have been exiting the Apple ecosystem for the last year. Feeling vindicated. It’s turning into the trash heap they were once proud not to be.

dzogchen

Time to vibe code an OG Keynote clome...

LeFantome

This is all very bad timing. Given that I can use AI to create completely alternative software stacks, it is the wrong time for proprietary software providers to start pissing off and exploiting all their users. I could make a full macOS clone. I could fix all the little warts that bother me and break out of the walled garden where I want to. Then I can port it to whatever hardware I like.

jflwiejrilewqj

Apple has always been ultra-narcissistic, pushing designs and features that make their designers feel smart but actively hurt customers and decrease the utility of their products. Now they're even losing that. They ran out of good ideas shortly after Jobs died. Now they've run out of bad ideas and they're speed-running enshittification.

runtime_terror

Pretty sure most people commenting here didn't even look at the post to see it's Apple promoting their own related product to their customers, not a third-party ad

alt227

Just before they release their first smart home device with a screen. I wonder whats coming?

Joeri

I still don’t get why apple chooses to devalue their brand so much for so little additional revenue. They’re a luxury goods brand, their whole revenue model is based on the appearance of quality.

rvz

Don't like it? Vibe code your own Apple® Keynote® software.

seam_carver

I still use the old version of Keynote for this reason.

_doctor_love

Apple stopped caring about quality quite a few years ago but those decisions are only hitting us now. The next few years are going to be very stupid . If we are lucky, Apple can right the ship in time. I wouldn't hold me my breath though. I miss Steve Jobs.

slopinthebag

they've been showing ads for years. literally every year i get an ad for the new version of the os. heck sometimes they show popups advertising security updates. apple has no shame.

sidcool

Are we too sensitive? It's their own product

bm5k

It's ever so slightly disingenuous to call this "showing ads": It appears to be letting you know about a paid DLC for the app you are running not "this space is for sale". That said, I don't think it's even a slippery slope from here to "this space for sale".