Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy

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(Image credit: Shutterstock / fizkes) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter iOS users are seeing 'ads' for other Apple products on their iPhones The banners promote services like iCloud+, Apple Music and AppleCare+ The messages often can't be dismissed and stick around for weeks If you were to ask iOS users how they felt about Apple 's decision to insert ads into Apple Maps , it would quickly become obvious that it was not a popular move . So when iPhone fans discovered that Apple has been inserting prompts for its own products into iOS, the reaction was predictably swift and furious.