Personally I’m deep in the Apple ecosystem. I don’t think I’d leave because of this ads idea, but I share would get pissed off a lot because of it.
This article reads like the other completely unsubstantiated Apple rumors.
Bloomberg has a long history of quoting "sources briefed on the matter" type articles and this doesn't feel any different.
We all have opinions. And I have invested a ton of money in Apple products in 20+ years of usage. Constructive criticism is not "Bashing".
CSAM was a blatant attempt for breaching user privacy and classification with third party agency hidden criteria. We live in a surveillance economy and ads are the highway for privacy abuse. Apple argument: "We don't share the user data" has no ground for me.
In the increasingly connected world, with billions of data points, trusting a big tech behemoth is a suicide act. Allegedly. :)
I feel like there's a good amount of FUD about this, so for anyone who might not know: All online file hosts do CSAM matching against known CSAM images, regardless of the client OS(s) you're using. In Apple's case specifically, matching only happens to images you've uploaded to iCloud Photos.¹
¹ https://www.apple.com/child-safety/pdf/Expanded_Protections_...
Apple's Plan to "Think Different" About Encryption Opens a Backdoor to Your Private Life.
"That’s not a slippery slope; that’s a fully built system just waiting for external pressure to make the slightest change."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/apples-plan-think-diff...
It's great that you've found an alternative that suits you but I think it's disingenuous to argue that Apple is the culprit.
Talk to your representative.
It's not exactly new, but I do hate it when Apple pushes ads onto the iPhone, especially on the lock screen and in Settings.