HTC's default( touchpal) Keyboard has started to show ads to users

[Dabombinable]

10 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

...umm that's bad, update, your phone is at risk. 

I can't when there are no custom ROM and ZTE is in charge of it. I also can't as I haven't gotten it unlocked yet (the phone cost me $50 instead of $100 so I'll be unlocking it when the cost is low enough to not push the total cost up to $100)

[mrchow19910319]

The question I wanna ask is this: 

 

How much do those manufacturers get when they preinstall apps/ ads in their phone's OS? 

 

A lot of android phones come with preinstalled apps. How much do those companies pay them to do that? 

 

A dollar per phone? Or? 

 

The thing that makes me mad is that you are already spending a ton of money on their physical device (a.k.a the phone itself) and then they still sell you out? 

 

The logic is something like this: I am Samsung/HTC/.. I sell you a phone for $600. My profit is $200. Then those preinstalled apps/ads can make me $50 a year when you are using the device. 

 

Wow. Truly wow. Bash on apple all you want, afaik, they haven't done anything like this yet,. 

[ProjectBox153]

That's completely unacceptable. Why can't companies get it through their heads that if they put ads in places like this (I mean, come on, a KEYBOARD???) the user will choose a different product?

[Peacefulwarrior]

I thought I installed some really annoying ass malware and none of the security apps I ran found it. Factory reset my phone, (Google didnt back up shit even though everything was checked mark and I had some space left). Found a support ticket 15th and pretty pissed at Touchpal.

[maartendc]

19 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

This is just the beginning. Wait until everything you buy will start to show ads. Can't wait for the MBP touch bar to show ads!

We are already there sadly.

 

Windows 10 shows ads in the start menu.

Keyboard ads on the phone

You can buy a cheaper version of the Moto G5 plus on Amazon with ads on the lockscreen.

etc. etc.

 

It is horrible. at least Amazon gives you a discount on the product. Where is my free version of Windows 10 for those f'ing ads? ??

 

Pretty sure smart fridges and stuff will start showing you ads before you get your milk for your cereal at breakfast pretty soon.

[ttam]

It was an error that happened.

 

People are way too quick to get their pitchforks out to start a riot. Pretty much everyone in this thread is what's wrong with consumers in 2017. Instead of giving companies time to fix problems because it takes some fucking time, you expect the fix to happen yesterday and now you're all gung-ho over some stupid shit.

 

Calm your shit people.

[The Sloth]

Updated 

[maartendc]

8 minutes ago, ttam said:

It was an error that happened.

 

People are way too quick to get their pitchforks out to start a riot. Pretty much everyone in this thread is what's wrong with consumers in 2017. Instead of giving companies time to fix problems because it takes some fucking time, you expect the fix to happen yesterday and now you're all gung-ho over some stupid shit.

 

Calm your shit people.

No the problem is that these kinds of 'accidents' happen way too often.

Sometimes benign, resulting in some ads. Sometimes not so benign, as in the case of vulnerabilities in the OS not getting patched timely because of a messed up update policy, or updates bricking the device completely.

 

This is a symptom of a larger problem with messed up update policies across the whole smartphone and PC industry.

 

Companies need to get way better about testing updates to their products, and actually having an update policy in their devices that puts the users first, not profit or shady deals or bloatware or "if you want new software just buy a new phone already after 12 months!!".

 

 

[Doobeedoo]

That is bad but funny. 

[The Benjamins]

1 hour ago, maartendc said:

We are already there sadly.

 

Windows 10 shows ads in the start menu.

Keyboard ads on the phone

You can buy a cheaper version of the Moto G5 plus on Amazon with ads on the lockscreen.

etc. etc.

 

It is horrible. at least Amazon gives you a discount on the product. Where is my free version of Windows 10 for those f'ing ads? ??

 

Pretty sure smart fridges and stuff will start showing you ads before you get your milk for your cereal at breakfast pretty soon.

There was the free upgrade for windows.

 

Did you pay for windows 10?

[maartendc]

12 minutes ago, The Benjamins said:

There was the free upgrade for windows.

 

Did you pay for windows 10?

That was only for the first year after release. Now they charge full price for it.

 

Also if you had a PC with certain license types tied to the hardware, there was no free upgrade.

 

Also, if you buy a laptop with Windows 10 already on it, you are paying for it, because the manufacturer pays the license to Microsoft and passes that cost onto the price of the product.

 

So Windows 10 is not really any more 'free' than previous versions of Windows. They just allowed a specific subset of existing customers to upgrade for free.

[Jito463]

35 minutes ago, maartendc said:

That was only for the first year after release. Now they charge full price for it.

Actually, even though you're "technically" correct (officially they've declared it over), it is still possible to active Windows 10 with a Windows 7/8/8.1 license key.  We do it all the time here for our customers.

[sof006]

This is why I use Google keyboard (Gboard) on every android phone I have ever used.

[vorticalbox]

On ‎16‎/‎07‎/‎2017 at 7:16 PM, Djole123 said:

Mine was unlocked and still got the Facebook app

 

But yeah, having ads on a keyboard on a 600$ flagship is definitely not OK.

i would say having ads on any keyboard is not OK