[geeks] Now for something completely geek

[Phil Stracchino]

Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> Tue, 22 Aug 2006 @ 07:50 +0300, sammy ominsky said:
> 
>> I get these on my phone all the time, from my service provider.  I  
>> delete and go on with my life.
> 
> I avoid ever having to waste my time, and go on with life.
> 
> How would you "get on with life" if this happened all the time?
> 
> When people put up with this kind of crap, the rest of us get stuck with
> it too.
> 
> It would be one thing if it were always by choice, but then we're back
> to my belief that we should have complete control over our technology.
> 
>>> One I read about was the one where you phone would ring every time  
>>> a GPS triggered ad fired.  Yes, some idiot in marketing actually  
>>> thought this
>>> was a good idea.
>> Does that include charging you for airtime for the call?  THAT would  
>> almost be criminal, I think.  Other than that, from a marketing  
>> perspective it almost makes sense.
> 
> I don't care if the air time is free or not, *MY* time isn't free, and
> neither is my sanity and privacy.
> 
> I also don't like a world where I'm bombarded with ads all the time.  It
> already sucks, I don't want it to get worse.

The ads that I'm unable to dodge or block, I tend to use as a boycott
list.  "Never buy from this company, their marketing department thinks
I'm an idiot."


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