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Coming Soon to a Wireless Hotspot Near You: Ads

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the information-superhighway-billboards dept.

mindless4210 writes "A new generation of spam is born with the launch of FreeFi's new Wi-Fi advertising network. It is the first service of its kind, with intentions of delivering ad content to hotspots around the world starting in mid-Summer. FreeFi's President, Lawrence Laffer, says that the service displays a 'persistent set of ads adjacent to the user's browser without use of invasive advertising software or pop-up ads.' He also claims '[their] market research indicates that, except for pop-ups, people really don't mind ads.'" This seems like the kind of thing that would keep me from using "free" wireless access, but I've a feeling I'm in the minority.

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  1. fp! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    bah

    1. Re:fp! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      YOU FAIL IT!

  2. Before the ads... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    comes the FP!

  3. No no no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I will not run foreign code on my computer and nobody else should either. This is just a stepping stone to security vulerabilities that we should be trying to squash, not needlessly encourage.

    A computer should be a tight ship. Not a leaky dingy like Microsoft Windows. They have independently spawed a whole category of spyware and malware that's automatically downloaded and executed through the web browser. Need we say more?

  4. Cowboy! by belgar · · Score: -1, Troll

    What the hell?!? Who kicked CowboyNeal and woke him up, dammit? The last six stories on the main page are all CB.

    CB: [snxxnss] Wha? Huuxhnaa?
    CB: [Postpostpostpostpostpost]
    Collapses back on bed
    CB: [snnnxnnss]

    --
    What does it mean to wake out of a dream
    and be wearing someone else's shorts?
    BNL, Born on a Pirate Ship (1998)
  5. Re:Ads... so what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thinkgeek sells the most stupid shit, though. It's really sad how it caters to the retarded obsession 'geeks' have with caffiene. Honestly, you must be a real loser if you buy anything from there.

  6. Re:Ads... so what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Who f'en cares if there's a little bit of your screen taken up with ads that will be easily ignored...

    If it causes less porn, we hate it.

  7. Re:Ads... so what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're a right stupid shit, you know.