This page is dedicated to those who think doing this without an app is a better process.
"No Opt-in required."
Remember Google Nearby? They didn't require an app or opt-in either and guess what? They shut it down rather than fight all the class action Law Suits that were coming at them.
Do you actually think the companies making these claims are bigger than Google?
Also, just look at all the apps currently being developed to BLOCK companies that do this. Do you like it when YOU get blasted with ads you didn't subscribe to?
How do you think those ads hit your phone? Whenever you visit a website that little Cookie warning pops up. When you agree to continue you are agreeing to be Spammed. In fact, the Federal Government now mandates that any company using Cookies to capture information MUST disclose this.
Folks are on to the game and the % who refuse the cookies is growing.
Folks HATE those pop-up ads and will go to great lengths to block them. Go ahead and Google pop-up blockers, see for yourself.
Here's a thought, Ask them to name a thousand or so sites. Shouldn't be too hard since they claim over 600,000! They will have an excuse or some double talk.
The dirty little secret is the end user Must be on a website for these ads to pop-up, and it must be one of the sites they work with.
Several also claim their "Polygon" marking method for outlining a geofenced area is better but what they don't tell you is this...
> THEY must do it and they charge you a fee for doing so.
> These systems aren't portable or expandable. A New one must be created each time.
> This method dramatically slows the response time on mobile. See below.
A few years back Samsung, the worlds largest cell phone manufacturer, made the statement that they were going to build the ability to automatically receive messages directly into the phone without the opt-in mechanism. Essentially eliminate the need for a beacon or geofenced app with the opt-in.
Mostly Hype.
No User Control.
If they have a Beacon option, you MUST use Only theirs.
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