Infuriatingly for iOS users, the only way to disable these promos is to either let them expire — which in many cases could take weeks or even months, leaving a persistent notification badge on the Settings app in the meantime — or pay for the service being offered.
Submitted 9 hours ago by XLE@piefed.social to technology@beehaw.org
TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
Surprised this is only being mentioned now. I’ve been getting these on my phone for years.
robolemmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours ago
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.
XLE@piefed.social 9 hours ago
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
who@feddit.org 5 hours ago
In my experience, accepting a “free trial” usually requires accepting a long list of some company’s terms and conditions.
You might find that acceptable, but many of us do not.