If you thought push notification ads were evil, the newest mobile advertising "innovation" called sellAring is going to make your blood boil. SellAring places ads within your calls, specifically when you are waiting for the other person to pick up. So now, instead of hearing "ring ring," you'll hear something like, "Tune Into FOX and follow the pattern: Fringe, 9/8 central."
Try not to throw your phone across the room when this happens.
The service already lists NBC, Walmart, FOX, Discovery Channel and Comcast as clients, and promises app developers over $10 in eCPMs and guaranteed monthly revenue. Developers can download the SDK right now to integrate with their app immediately. There's just one problem: users are going to uninstall these apps and then post scathing reviews on Google Play, as they should.
Mobile app developers: if you're EVER thinking of putting ads in your apps, make sure they stay confined within the app itself. If you ever install anything like this in an app, I'll make sure it gets a horrible review at AndroidPIT and I'll tell all of our users never to install your app. This is the kind of advertising that turns mobile phones into moving billboards and I HATE it.
I really, really, REALLY hope SellaRing fails.
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They even went so far as to tell you that "even if a user uninstalls your app, sellaring stays installed on the device and keeps making you cash"...
What a fucking joke.
@Frank Done: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sellaring.demo&reviewId=09972220628841736427
(Cool feature those review links)
PS: I wonder how long until they pull there demo app off Google Play
We could also one-star the demo app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sellaring.demo&feature=search_result
Here is an idea:
Lets just all opt-out !
source: http://www.sellaring.com/app-developers
(...) End users can opt-out by sending us (via our support page or email to support@sellaring.com) their device IMEI or MEID and request to opt-out. (...)
That's just sick.
Evil. Fastest way to get your app de-installed. I would not even take the time to look for an advertising free (Pro) version.
If you are that evil I am not going to use your App.
I remember back in the day they had this service called PeterZahlt in Germany where you could make free VOIP calls online if you agreed to listen to like 60 seconds of ads at the beginning of the call. It wasn't all that bad considering the calls were FREE. But then they disappeared in the end anyway....