This page is dedicated to those who think this process can be done without the customer having an app.
#1. No Opt-in required.
Remember Google Nearby? They didn't require an opt-in either and they ended up making the decision to 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?
Just look at all the apps currently being developed to BLOCK these ad-blast companies. Do you like it when YOU get blasted with ads you didn't subscribe to?
Go ahead and Google VPN (Virtual Private Network) or popup blickers. People are simply sick and tired of these unsolicited ads constantly hitting their PC or Mobile Device and they are willing to pay in order to have it stop. Companies that develop the VPN's and pop up blockers are doing very well right now and all of them are growing.
#2. Our system find their phone.
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 this game and the % who refuse the cookies is growing.
Folks HATE those pop-up ads and will go to great lengths to block them. As mentioned above, just Google pop-up blockers, see for yourself.
#3. Displayed as banner ads on over 600,000 websites and apps
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.
Many will even try to add these pop-up's to sites without permission and there some growing legal issues in that regard. In the direction this is heading, YOU could be liable because it was YOUR ad that popped up.
> These systems are nothing more than a Phishing deal and if you don't know what that is you might want to do some research.
> Most of these companies SELL your captured information to other Spammers.
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, One of the Most Important Points.
If they have a Beacon option, you MUST use Only theirs.
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