nonner9
join:2005-10-14
Charlotte, NC
| shady business practices...
I don't think people, in general, want these 3rd party advertisements on their computers which popup or redirect the web browser.
Does the fact that exploits are used to install the product without consent show that 180Solutions is in a field which really isn't wanted?
I'd like to see numbers on how sucussful this deceitful advertising is... because I don't really know anyone who looks at popups longer than just closing them.... |
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Jafo232
You Can't Spell Democrat Without Rat.
Premium
join:2002-10-17
Boonville, NY
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| To me, this is like Disney sneaking into my house because a window wasn't locked and putting a Disney World advertisement DVD into my player.
How this isn't illegal is beyond me.
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rileyjam514
There You Go Again...
join:2005-06-26
Kearny, NJ
| reply to nonner9
The companies don't care if you close the popups. The point is to distract you enough with a barrage of the same window enough that it gets into your subconscious.
It's essentially blanketing you with fifty advertisements in the hopes that at least one gets through to you. Those odds are why the companies continue to pay for pop-ups and web advertisement. It isn't that people are paying attention - it's the possibility that people could pay attention.
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ossito16
join:2004-07-31
Whiting, IN | reply to Jafo232
lololol
Can you imagine waking up and seeing Mickey sneaking in your house through the window? I would be seriously tripping. |
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Fatal Vector
join:2005-11-26
| reply to rileyjam514
Myself
I dont understand why anyone gives any credence to what these turds like 180 Solutions say. It is their business model to be scumbags and do this kind of stuff, plain and simple, yet, every time one of them announces "see? we're reforming, please believe us", it's plastered all over the internet like it was gods truth to be believed at face value.
Then, a few months later, a thread like this appears sadly proclaiming that they APPEAR to have lied to us all, sniffle. HOW could they DO that to us?
Now, lets all post the endless speculation as to why they might lie (money) and why everyone thinks they are scumbags, what popup ads really are and.... |
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PissedWithPopups
@167.1.x.x |  reply to rileyjam514
Re: shady business practices...
Then these companies paying for the adv should be prosecuted. If they stop paying there would be no popups. |
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RDins
@comcast.net | Obviously it is paying off, otherwise they wouldn't keep paying for advertising. Trust me, people are clicking it. |
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Rogue Wolf
Is Kind Of A Big Deal In Yemen
join:2003-08-12
Troy, NY
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to Jafo232
said by Jafo232  :To me, this is like Disney sneaking into my house because a window wasn't locked and putting a Disney World advertisement DVD into my player. I'd call it more along the lines of spraypainting their website name all over the inside walls of your house. Certainly some of these spyware packages are even harder to remove than spraypaint.
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