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Is Yahoo Actively Supporting Adware?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the things-we-hate dept.

conq writes "According to BusinessWeek, a report said Yahoo was actively supporting the companies that spawn pop-up ads. In early September, Yahoo engineer Jeremy D. Zawodny sounded off on his blog: "Do I like those [software installation] practices? Hell no. It's insulting and disrespectful."" update the story submission takes Jeremy out of context which he blogs about and says mean things about us.

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  1. Here is the real issue...LEGALLY, what is Spyware? by PenguinBoyDave · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I work for a company that produces an Anti-Spyware product that got bitch-slapped in court some time back by Gator for calling Gator Spyware. Now...WE all know what Spyware is. They know what Spyware is, but (and please, correct me if I'm wrong, because I might be) until a court of law legally defines Spyware, it seems to me that YAHOO and everyone else can load your machine up without an ounce of legal liability.

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    I'm not a troll, but I play one on Slashdot.
  2. Can I trust Yahoo? I think not. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 5, Interesting


    Over the years, I have learned to have zero (0) trust in Yahoo.

    From the Business Week article:

    "Sure, no one issue will turn off Yahoo users in droves." One issue will definitely convince a large percentage of people never to visit Yahoo.

    Another quote:

    "... Yahoo risks tarnishing its reputation as a trustworthy Net player." Notice that doing an internet search is called "Googling". For knowledgeable people, Yahoo has a bad reputation. For others, Yahoo has no reputation at all.

    Business writers write a lot of DISGUSTING nonsense about computer technology:

    "To Yahoo's credit, it is leading industrywide discussions aimed at devising new practices for the adware companies." Here's another quote: "Yahoo also insists it does business only with adware companies that adhere to best practices..."

    It seems to me that Yahoo cannot compete, so it is trying every trick to stay alive.

    Not real news: AOL and Yahoo and MSN will merge. The combined company will be called CyberHell.

  3. Re:More evil? by Prophet+of+Nixon · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Er, this is new? I've found Yahoo to be blatantly evil since the late 90s, and I go out of my way to never visit their site. They've done nothing but hemorrhage ads, spam, and crap over the net since they began (and they've spewed plenty of ads into other media as well). I've never understood how a company that does nothing but promote misery stays afloat, much less profits.