On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
<rant> I have to disagree with you whole heartedly on this one. Junkbuster hides ads, and ads are the price of free information. If you disable ads, you are stealing my and every other ad-based web site's content. If everyone disabled ads, there would be a lot less free information on the web. It's just not fair to the people working hard to bring you the content you enjoy.
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Who says we are to enjoy sites with adverts. There is far too much tinsel, flashing banners, and razzmatazz on the Web. This thread touches on an important aspect of the internet. Another one is the use of "cookies". I remember with pleasure the days when television and broadcasting (in the UK) were free from such pollution. Now even the BBC isn't clean. I prefer to seek information from sources such as mailing lists and the usenet. The ones sponsored by universities are often best. I have rarely found very much that is worth-while or authoritative on trivial web sites. Moreover, the better ones tend to be free. If we can get good software from the Open Source movement, why should we have to suffer adverts, or worse still cookies. I always delete them. I like the idea of an Alternative Web Browser that rejects adverts, and better still, puts advertisers out of business. Long live Junkbuster. -- Geoff Bagley -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/