So Yesterday I downloaded a application which is using Airpush. On the Disclaimer Dialog, instead of Ok I clicked Close because I didn’t wanted to get spammed.
In Few minutes I got a notification Ad.
Why two buttons if you are not going to Honor what user said?
With uninstall button you will break a policy because you lock a game with ads. Also if Airpush do not offer real opt-out just mimic it then they breaking policy.
Developer probably hacked it…as a developer, you should know that anything can be hacked if desired. I haven’t looked closely at Airpush’s opt-in API call but it’s probably a simple HTTP call that a 14 year old can spoof. There’s no way around this…any API call from any ad network SDK can be spoofed.
It appears to me there are scary things going on.
Today I received 2 calls from someone offering credit card. This happened a day after installing the app with Airpush (Last time I did this I started receiving SMS Messages and had to unsubscribe. Today I had optout from the spam calling).
I know its hard to prove Airpush is the reason but it can’t be just coincidence that every time Airpush app is installed, this is happening.
Also I see some users are saying they don’t have this trouble. I am in US. If you are in some other country I doubt this will happen.
Chris, did you ever receive a call from someone offering something before that day ? I think that is something that happens everywhere in the world. I’ve received calls offering me “x” product a lot of times… and I’m not based in the US.