Root AirPush in notification bar.... Coming soon?

[The Korben Dallas]

Remember how much we hate Boingo wifi app? This was the MAJOR reason I rooted my phone...

Now it looks like apps in the future will serve ads in your notification bar...

In case you haven't kept up:

AirPush Sends Ads to Your Notification Pane (And Why I Think It

 

[blaxican25]

that sucks hope adblock can block this if it ever happens lol.

 

[reilus]

The solution: Get launcher pro, hide notification bar. It's ugly anyway.

 

[mjschmidt]

I found this thread between devs and AirPush: http://androidforums.com/application-development/321586-interview-air-push.html

Here is my reply to them:

I am not a developer, I am an end user and I am here to tell AirPush, and Developers, that if I download an app that serves ads via AirPush, I will 1. Uninstall the app. 2. Give it a bad review. 3. Flag it as Malware, and 4. NEVER buy that app or install apps from that developer again.

To be clear I COMPLETELY support the right of devs to make money either by selling their apps, or by having ads IN the app.

I have many free apps with ads in the app, which doesn't bother me. I have also purchased apps, some of them after trying the free version.

The thing you devs don't seem to consider is that your app might not bug people... "Hey, it's just one ad in your notification tray", but if many devs start doing this, the tray will be full of ads!

NO WAY.

You can see what happened to APNDroid, it can happen to you too.

APNdroid is suspended on the Android Market - Martin Adamek

AirPush Sends Ads to Your Notification Pane (And Why I Think It