Samsung removes the most filthy ads from Android

Samsung has finally decided that the somewhat unsavory ads in its own apps are unnecessary.

Samsung is the lord and master of the world of Android smartphones. Still, the South Koreans found it necessary to stuff their own apps through the OneUI shell with unnecessary advertisements. Fortunately, the somewhat unsavory way of advertising is now a thing of the past.

Samsung removes ads

The tech giant has finally decided that it makes no sense to advertise itself (and others) in applications of the brand itself, according to 9to5Google. Standard Samsung apps, such as the Weather app, Samsung Pay and Samsung Health, no longer contain ads. Previously, advertising was done via banners, including for its own services and products.

But for whoever Samsung advertised, it’s obviously weird that users have to “buy out” free services from the manufacturer by watching ads. After all, the revenue model of Samsung Health is not to generate advertising revenue.

The actual income from such an app is debatable. On the one hand, Samsung could do something with the data obtained by such apps. On the other hand, it is possible that the company attracts people to the platform with such free services. Whatever the reason, it was a bit distasteful that the apps in question were giving space to ads all along.