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Re:Google Says 5% of Visitors to Its Sites Have Ad Injectors... by jacquesm on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @02:31PM (#9305759)
> Established profitable companies in a market with multiple competitors usually do not fuck with their customers, if they charge up-front for their product/service.

Lenovo (and lots of other hardware manufacturers) are proof positive that this is absolutely not the case. There isn't a windows machine bought over the years by my extended family that did not have a whole pile of junk on it right from day one including ad injectors such as described in the article.

Whether or not open source is 'viable' for large numbers of users is no longer a question that needs settling. For bandwidth we have torrents if need be.

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Re:Google Says 5% of Visitors to Its Sites Have Ad Injectors... by ksk on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @05:04PM (#9306885)
My computer didn't come with any junk on it. Even otherwise, pointing out what some companies do in ONE market means nothing. That is why I used the word usually. I guess it is no longer expected to read what someone says before responding. Good job on that.
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Re:Google Says 5% of Visitors to Its Sites Have Ad Injectors... by cazum on Thursday April 02, 2015 @12:27AM (#9308672)
As long as you say "usually", nobody can ever disagree with you!
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Re:Google Says 5% of Visitors to Its Sites Have Ad Injectors... by ksk on Thursday April 02, 2015 @02:28PM (#9312509)
Heh. :) Even though I could, I won't disagree with you.

Anyway, I view most comment sections as informal/idle chit-chat, and not courtroom/dissertation situations where everything needs to be cited and/or "proved". When I'm commenting I'm usually smiling to myself or amused, not angry or trying to "win" anything.

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