Anybody whose been plant-based and/or vegan for some time can vouch that targeted ads very frequently are not about what’s actually relevant to the user, but more what their favorite corporate partners can try to gaslight you into believing is relevant. On both Facebook and YouTube I would get so many more ads and video results for animal products after making the switch, despite seeking out solely pb/vegan content and actively blocking and suppressing animal abuse content.
There’s a 99.9% chance those screenshots of the app in the App Store listing are fake considering there’s no antisemitism in those posts at all. 🤔
I mean the woman posting there identifies herself as a follower, seems on brand for the platform
This is why we gotta ban TikTok!!! \s
Apple is probably pushing that Ad free of charge. Considering how quickly Tim preemptively bent the knee just on the chance it would benefit him and the shareholders is obscene. I’ve always known Tim only cared about money. After all, that’s the only thing he did better than Steve Jobs. Now I know for sure that he’s a worthless selfish waste of a human being.
Now I know for sure that he’s a worthless selfish waste of a human being.
-2 months later-
ooh is that the new iPhone?
I refuse to believe this is real
Still there mate
This is what I get. Not as bad but still bad lol
Charge your phone
By the way, the official Pixelfed app on the Play Store seems to have Google AdMob integrated if you care about that kind of thing. I’d recommend installing Pixelix or PixelDroid from the official F-Droid repositories instead.
The official pixelfed app has a repo on f-droid, you can install it via the QR code in the download link on the pixelfed website
Does the F-Droid version not ship with Google AdMob?
Does it have a dark mode? I used the website mostly which is alright, but tried the app when they announced it a couple days ago, and that was my first issue.
Pixelix and PixelDroid both have a dark mode.
Excellent, thanks!
Well it’s an ad, so capitalism will get an edge
Same thing happened to me. I went to download Pixelfed yesterday after deleting instagram finally. Truth Social came up first.
The ad on top is randomly generated, and it is a paid app for a social media site. If you run the search again, it will come up with a different app on top. It might be Snapchat, Instagram, or through social, or any other social media app.
it is a paid app for a
social mediafascist site.Yeah as I say, I know why it’s there, and that you will see different ones. It just caught my eye because of the likely wildly different ideals of the two apps’ customers.
Maybe it’s because I block most ads on my network, but I don’t see any ad when searching for this app on android.
Neither do I. I only have Fdroid and the Aurora Store App. Got that MicroG so the Play Store would not even work on my phone. Using CalyxOS
I didn’t realize til now the logo looks just like polyend
Oh wow, they’re almost identical. That may come back to bite Dan on the ass.
Eh, it’s different enough and they’re in different markets anyway. Theirs is rounded at the bottom but Pixelfed’s is straight.
IANAL but I reckon there’s enough similarity for Pokyend to consider chatting to their legal team. The Pixelfed logo is also actually (inverse) black on the apps, similar to the point where they’re just about the same if you squint.
Honestly, what it would probably come down to is a court ruling, and if poly Fed really wanted to spend the money on lawyers to push it that far. Honestly, it could probably go either way.
Yeah no doubt. If I were Dan though, I’d just change it before it got to that point. Pixelfed has only actually had this redesigned logo for a few months, and the app has only just been pushed out of beta, so it’s not like it’s an established recognisable brand to lose.
I really don’t think it would be an issue.
Edit: how many people know polyend?
Pixelfed’s is straight
Not the way I use it
I get an ad for a crypto app! (Canada).
I do have my privacy settings locked down, so they are listing non-targeted ads.
Same, also locked down all my settings.
I haven’t done that many Nazi-related things recently, so if it is targeted, there’s something off with Apple’s algorithm.
Well, I can say that if I dare use YouTube without an account, things spiral to the extreme right very quickly! It’s as if these companies are either purposely pushing this agenda, or they are being paid to from outside influences.
I see this in Australia.
iOS vs Android, and region I expect. Although I’m in the UK, and I can’t imagine it’s that popular here.
Yeah, I’ve just scrolled down the iOS App Store, I didn’t see anything for the fediverse.
The ad on top is selected from a pool of ads from companies that paid for their placement up there. If you run the search again, it will probably show an ad for Snapchat or Instagram or something.
Yeah I understand why it’s there, and that you will see different ones. Just posting here because its target demographics are likely comically different from those that are interested in Pixelfed.
I don’t think “hates Trump” is a metric that Apple tracks, but I get your point.
Ha probably not, but you never know. I bet they can determine my ideologies from the publications I’ve blocked on Apple News +, but who knows what they use to build up a profile.
You’re still getting an ad as the top result, just a different ad.
I’m in the US and when I search the Play store for “pixelfed” I get Pixelfed as the first result; Truth Social is nowhere on the list of results for me
Even better, use F-droid
