Apple shoves F1 movie ad into Wallet

Apple's F1 movie opens in theaters on June 27, and the company really wants you to know about it.

On Tuesday morning, Wallet users noticed an Apple Pay notification that was both a coupon and an advertisement for the racing film. It offered "$10 off 2+ tickets to F1 The Movie at Fandango." When they clicked "Get tickets now," they were taken to a dedicated Fandango link that instructed them to use the promo code "APPLEPAYTEN" as well as use Apple Pay to receive their discount.

Not everyone likes being advertised to in such a forceful manner, and while it's not nearly as bad, it's reminiscent of the U2 album fiasco. In 2014, Apple pushed U2's album Songs of Innocence to the devices of every iTunes user in the world. Over 81 million users received the free album, and it did not go over well ...