19 Jul
2001
19 Jul
'01
9:02 a.m.
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, David Shaw wrote: [snip]
There are a few windows programs that claim to block popups. X10 even recommends them for people who don't want to get their ads, which surprised me since it pretty much admits that they know they're harassing people to the point of installing special software just to get some X10 ad relief. Seems like a poor way to get name recognition to me ("X10? Oh yeah... they do those really annoying ads, and made me buy special software just to be rid of them. Ooh, I think I'll buy something from them posthaste!"). [snip]
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