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  • How to Block Apple’s Own Ads on Your iPhone

    How to Block Apple’s Own Ads on Your iPhone

    Although you can install ad blockers for your iPhone, these apps have a glaring blind spot: Apple’s own ads. No iPhone ad blocker (not even the DNS or VPN-based ones) can block Apple’s ads for various apps, its own services, and search. The worst offender in this case is the App Store, where Apple has…


  • Precise Location Is Giving Your Coordinates Away to Apps

    Precise Location Is Giving Your Coordinates Away to Apps

    It’s no secret our apps use our locations: In fact, many need to in order to work properly. You wouldn’t get very far on your road trip if Google Maps couldn’t see your location. But smartphone makers don’t make it clear how location-sharing works — particularly that you can choose between sharing your general location,…


  • How to Never Pay Full Price for an iPhone App Again

    How to Never Pay Full Price for an iPhone App Again

    Most of the apps in Apple’s App Store are slowly moving away from asking you to pay upfront, opting to make their money either through ads or in-app purchases. But if you’re someone who prefers to buy an app rather than deal with micro-transactions, keeping track of prices can be a pain — especially since…


  • Don’t Buy These Apple Products (and What to Buy Instead)

    Don’t Buy These Apple Products (and What to Buy Instead)

    Most of the products that Apple is selling today are worth considering — but there are a few stragglers the company continues to sell that aren’t worth their tempting prices. Some of these products aren’t going to get software updates for much longer, and others have a better alternative for a slightly higher price. If…