No geek blog is complete without constant posts about Apple. And here’s the latest news: one of Apple’s recent patent filings may be foreshadowing a future of ad-support operating systems…
We’ve all seen some sort of software that is supported by annoying ads. Limewire is an example. Well, before long, you might see this persistant irritation inside operating systems. Apple’s patent, originally submitted last year, suggests a way for ads to be displayed to customers inside the operating system. To further this pestilence, a vast amount of the available features in the OS would be disabled while the ads are displayed. There is, however, an advantage to this type of ad-support. It could give Apple the ability to market a version of its operating system for little to no cost to users, hopefully with the option of an upgrade.
We all knew that some sort of web-based OS could be coming soon, but I’m sure that none of us expected the ads to come with it..
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