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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. Re:They are here to make money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I need to see you in my office right now, zolo. I understand you've been at slashdot...

  2. Actvely ? by connah0047 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is Yahoo Actvely Supporting Adware?

    Is SlashDot ACTIVELY supporting spell checking?