Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam
Marion <[email protected]> Sun, 29 Jun 2025 03:02:12 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 10:32:13 -0400, bad sector wrote : >> Does T-Mobile's standard T&C say that they are able to include little >> gifts like this with firmware upgrades? Seems like a good way to drive >> customers away and build resentment? > > Most users of truncated brainstem masses won't even notice, and THEY > decide what flies and what doesn't. Well, a while has passed since the London-based Sliide was removed from my phone, and in the interim, Apple inserted similar ads on the iPhone/iPads. <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=21664&group=misc.phone.mobile.iphone#21664> The difference between Apple & the carrier inserting unwanted ads on your device is that you kill carrier ads but not the OEM's intrusive ads. <https://www.theverge.com/news/692276/apple-wallet-notification-f1-movie-ad>