It's started - TuneIn Radio pushing ads to your notification bar in a PAID app!

[Lock-N-Load]

I was appalled and bummed to wake up today to see my phone and tablet both had ads in the notification bar! The new bread of ad pushing has begun. I had read about the potential, but never seen it happen.. until now.

TuneIn Radio is pushing ads - in their pro paid app mind you - to the notification bar!

TuneIn Radio - F you with this lame double whammy!

 

[Clementine_3]

Yup, I got the same thing. If it continues I will write a scathing review and uninstall it.
Notification bar ads are terrible to begin with but on a paid app? They can't be serious. That's just so wrong.

 

[valorian]

Same here. I got this too this morning for Bloomberg.

 

[Harry2]

It is an advertising for that Radio.

It mustn't to be the app which caused
this AirPush spam !
The culprit might be an other app on your phone.

Search with an AirPush detector like Lookout's Ad Network Detector the culprit app.

Harry

 

[justtom]

yeah same here.

 

[Clementine_3]

Pretty sure it's TuneIn doing it. The reviews are piling up in Play (I hate that, Market).

 

[valorian]

It is an advertising for that Radio.

It mustn't to be the app which caused
this AirPush spam !
The culprit might be an other app on your phone.

Search with an AirPush detector like Lookout's Ad Network Detector the culprit app.

Harry

I'm thinking it's TuneIn. When I woke the screen I saw the TuneIn logo at the top of the screen. When I pulled down the notification screen I saw this.

 

[Harry2]

I've TuneIn as stock app on my HTC.
Hope I won't get this notification spam

Harry

 

[chrlswltrs]

I'm glad I don't use tunein as it would have been immediately uninstalled. Notification bar ads has to be one of the worst ideas ever, and it is just evil that it is occurring in a paid app!

 

[Fox Mulder]

I have the TuneIn paid app, but so far I'm not seeing any ads. Probably because I use an ad-blocker.

 

[TheyCallMeBT]

I got it, too. Just left a one star review. Gonna leave it installed and see if it happens again (I doubt they'll continue after the bad reviews).

 

[Fox Mulder]

There's a setting in the app for push notifications, try turning that off. Some of the reviews mentioned they had done this, it may turn off the ads.

 

[justtom]

That's a negative,I have had that option checked since day one and I have still receved the push in my notification bar

 

[Clementine_3]

That's a negative,I have had that option checked since day one and I have still receved the push in my notification bar

Un-check it to disable push notifications. Mine was checked (never even noticed it) so I just un-checked it, we'll see what happens.

 

[justtom]

Will do,thanks for the redirect...

 

[Lock-N-Load]

Un-check it to disable push notifications. Mine was checked (never even noticed it) so I just un-checked it, we'll see what happens.

I sent them an email. They responded that they thought, in essence, I might like that channel.. I was like - WTF? I have never listened to it, and you thought I might like it? And you sent the same one to everyone? It is hardly tailored content and even if it is, it's wrong to push it to the notification bar.

Anyway, they claimed that if you uncheck that notification setting in the settings, they claim it will stop.

Well, this must have been snuck in a recent release as I never remember that setting and I have used it for a while - which I have now unchecked - and I told them it was really nice that they check it by default versus allowing you to check it IF you want in.

 

[Lock-N-Load]

That's a negative,I have had that option checked since day one and I have still receved the push in my notification bar

yeah, you need to UNcheck it - they deliver the setting to you checked & make the decision for you that you want in on this option so crap like this happens

 

[androidfonefan]

Has nothing to do with this app, but I paid for a game on both my android and Ipad. WarpDash/Rush.
Same game different name between the platforms. After paying almost 10.00/full price for the games, a few updates ago the game maker started pushing adds for their other games during game play. kinda.
Your playing and then you die, when the game goes back to where you can start again you are stopped by BS adds.
I paid for these games so I didn't have to look at adds. Long story short. Games deleted. And will not be buying from that game maker any more.

 

[valorian]

There's a setting in the app for push notifications, try turning that off. Some of the reviews mentioned they had done this, it may turn off the ads.

I unchecked this box. We'll see if any more notifications show up.

 

[chrlswltrs]

I personally wouldn't care if there was a box to uncheck, ANY app that supports ANY ads being placed in the notification bar gets an instant 1 star rating, an uninstall, and I never get another app from that developer.

Never had this happen in a paid app, but I would be furious!

 

[IOWA]

I personally wouldn't care if there was a box to uncheck, ANY app that supports ANY ads being placed in the notification bar gets an instant 1 star rating, an uninstall, and I never get another app from that developer.

Never had this happen in a paid app, but I would be furious!

Agreed. I hope this backlash is severe, swift, and just.

 

[UncleMike]

I got the same message the other day. Before clearing it I checked for a setting in the app and disabled it. Even if it's that simple to stop the ads, having a paid app push ads to the notification bar and defaulting to allow it to happen is a scummy, inexcusable move. TuneIn (the app AND the company) are deserving of every negative consequence resulting from this move.

 

[zuben el genub]

On anything you install anywhere today, you have to check settings. I've found boxes checked after upgrades that I had unchecked to begin with.

I've had it happen with Windows, and now Android.

What annoys me the most is the assumption!