John Gruber@gruber.fooApple News ads have been going down the toilet for years, but it didn't used to be literal.5/8/26, 7:27 pm·6 reposts·100 likes
Patrick Boueri@patrickboueri.com6 AugI need to meet someone or find a deep dive piece on who runs ads like this and learn why and how. Studs Terkel but for weird internet jobs
will@itswilltime.bsky.social5 AugI hate that my ad blocker does not block the awful and distracting ads in Apple News. the ads are the worst part of that surprisingly good product.11
Patrick Ross@patrickross.io5 AugWipr 2 + the (paid) Filtr addon will zap Apple News ads. It’s a godsend.114
Eric Peacock@ericpeacock.design5 AugAdding my thumbs-up for Wipr as a top-notch ad-blocker in general; I don't use the Filtr add-on b/c that requires macOS 26, which I'm still not upgrading to for various work-related UI/UX reasons.12
TomMasz@tommasz.bsky.social6 AugNot as bad as what you get on an Amazon tablet, but still pretty bad.
paulmilbank.bsky.social@paulmilbank.bsky.social5 AugDisturbing next to the tag line "real American kids used to eat everything"
markcerritelli.bsky.social@markcerritelli.bsky.social5 Aug I need to reevaluate my Apple subscriptions.