Airpush are quite happy to support developers who want to deceive their users.
(Airpush are a controversial company that creates ad software that pushes ads to the Android notification bar usually used for new email and message notifications. Often users don't know which app they have to uninstall to get rid of them) Live Chat Transcript: Me: What are your guidelines for notifying end-users about notification area ads? You are now speaking with Lisa of Sales. Lisa: Hello Me: Hi Lisa: Welcome to Airpush Lisa: Are you a developer or advertiser? Me: developer Lisa: Great Lisa: Regarding your question, you can which users will receive your ad and that too how often Lisa: adjust* Me: How does a user know which app is sending the ads? Lisa: It will be reflecting your developer's dashboard once you start listing your apps Me: i.e. User X updates a dozen apps and suddenly starts getting notification ads. How do they know which app is creating them? Me: I'm talking about en
Why it failed
(Airpush are a controversial company that creates ad software that pushes ads to the Android notification bar usually used for new email and message notifications. Often users don't know which app they have to uninstall to get rid of them) Live Chat Transcript: Me: What are your
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- andybak
- Ended
- 2011
- Source
- hackernews