> MacOS will gladly serve Taboola ads in first-party apps and beg you to use Safari in push notifications

You may think you are ‘sticking it to Apple’ by making-up this sort of thing, but what you’re actually doing is ruining the debate, and disempowering the customers who are trying to improve the situation.

I’ve been using MacOS for over 25 years, and never seen a “Taboola ad” in an Apple application, or received any push notification about using Safari as my browser (which I willingly do anyway).

> I’ve been using MacOS for over 25 years, and never seen a “Taboola ad” in an Apple application

Try booting up Apple News. It's a recent change, but a real one and not "made up" in the slightest: https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/taboola-apple-news-deal

> or received any push notification about using Safari as my browser (which I willingly do anyway).

Well that's probably why. Imagine how enthused I am to use MacOS knowing that my browser of choice isn't good enough to satiate Apple?

It is a real problem, too. Been one for ten long years, as a matter of fact: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253602135

> or received any push notification about using Safari as my browser (which I willingly do anyway)

"Do you want to use Chrome or Safari?" - _after_ I have both installed Chrome AND set it as my default browser.

I think they're talking about Apple News

Really? What apps have ads? Never seen that. My personal MacBook is too old for the last few MacOS updates but I haven’t seen what you describe on my up-to-date work laptop.

Final Cut Pro CONTINUES to beg the user to buy the iPad version on any possible opportunity. That's a $300 app, btw.

TV.app is just non-stop ads for various movies and TV shows, some of which are paid extras.

That’s effectively what you wanted, though? That’s what TV is?

If you open up Books.app, you’d be surprised that it’s going to sell you books.

Ah yeah I have never used that app. Are they Taboola ads though? That seems egregious.