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The biggest crime here is ISPs that inject ads. That is not something that one should accept. The whole concept should fall flat in any working market. About

by tjoff 6y ago

The biggest crime here is ISPs that inject ads. That is not something that one should accept. The whole concept should fall flat in any working market. About as absurd as getting audio adverts inserted into your phone calls. "This call has been going on for more than 10 minutes, have a listen to our sponsor". Maybe that is a thing already?

heavenlyblue 6y ago
This is a great argument. Except in real life they would begin the call by advertising their own services to you and then allow it to continue...
jimmaswell 6y ago
Some extremely cheap internet services had ads injected and the people buying it accepted the tradeoff. This arrangement is better than those people not being able to afford internet at all. Not sure if these are still around since the concept doesn't work when almost all traffic is https.
- berbec 6y ago
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetZero https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetZero
  - schwartzworld 6y ago
    NetZero was awesome! I had it around 2000. The ads weren't that bad since the internet that was being delivered was itself pretty much ad free. If I remember right, you were limited as to your time usage per day, but hey, it was $free.99, and the hour of internet was more than enough for casual use. people didn't live their whole lives online then.
kohtatsu 6y ago
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xtuxax8Dtk4 https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xtuxax8Dtk4
- rokhayakebe 6y ago
  I am honestly not sure whether this was real or some sort of parody. I. am trying to validate the authenticity of the video. EDIT: The Onion.
belltaco 6y ago
That would interrupt the call so that probably won't happen.
- wonderlg 6y ago
  “I’m lovin’ it” or a jingle in the background would be enough for many brands without interrupting the call. Clearly it would never be accepted though.
- DanBC 6y ago
  There used to be a landline company that provided free calls in exchange for playing ads during the call. EDIT: It took way too long for me to find details, sorry. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:JiENVGPhWssJ:https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1998-04-21-1998111052-story.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=firefox-b-d https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:JiENVG... Would you listen to a 15-second advertisement in order to make a free two-minute long-distance phone call? BroadPoint Communications Inc. of Landover is betting that enough of you would, and is launching its service in Pittsburgh this week with "thousands" of subscribers. A Baltimore rollout could come this summer. But before you bid good riddance to long-distance bills, be aware that -- surprise -- there are strings attached. Before using BroadPoint's service, you'll have to register at the company's World Wide Web site and give up personal information, such as household income, number of children and ethnic background. Once you've sent this information -- which BroadPoint says it will never sell to other companies -- the only thing separating you from unlimited free chat are a few ads, selected specifically for you based on your survey responses. For example, if you told BroadPoint that you have seven young children, don't be shocked to hear a diaper commercial.

by tjoff 6y ago

heavenlyblue 6y ago

This is a great argument. Except in real life they would begin the call by advertising their own services to you and then allow it to continue...

jimmaswell 6y ago

Some extremely cheap internet services had ads injected and the people buying it accepted the tradeoff. This arrangement is better than those people not being able to afford internet at all. Not sure if these are still around since the concept doesn't work when almost all traffic is https.

berbec 6y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetZero https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetZero
- schwartzworld 6y ago
  NetZero was awesome! I had it around 2000. The ads weren't that bad since the internet that was being delivered was itself pretty much ad free. If I remember right, you were limited as to your time usage per day, but hey, it was $free.99, and the hour of internet was more than enough for casual use. people didn't live their whole lives online then.

kohtatsu 6y ago

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xtuxax8Dtk4 https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xtuxax8Dtk4

rokhayakebe 6y ago
I am honestly not sure whether this was real or some sort of parody. I. am trying to validate the authenticity of the video. EDIT: The Onion.

belltaco 6y ago

That would interrupt the call so that probably won't happen.

wonderlg 6y ago
“I’m lovin’ it” or a jingle in the background would be enough for many brands without interrupting the call. Clearly it would never be accepted though.
DanBC 6y ago
There used to be a landline company that provided free calls in exchange for playing ads during the call. EDIT: It took way too long for me to find details, sorry. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:JiENVGPhWssJ:https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1998-04-21-1998111052-story.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=firefox-b-d https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:JiENVG... Would you listen to a 15-second advertisement in order to make a free two-minute long-distance phone call? BroadPoint Communications Inc. of Landover is betting that enough of you would, and is launching its service in Pittsburgh this week with "thousands" of subscribers. A Baltimore rollout could come this summer. But before you bid good riddance to long-distance bills, be aware that -- surprise -- there are strings attached. Before using BroadPoint's service, you'll have to register at the company's World Wide Web site and give up personal information, such as household income, number of children and ethnic background. Once you've sent this information -- which BroadPoint says it will never sell to other companies -- the only thing separating you from unlimited free chat are a few ads, selected specifically for you based on your survey responses. For example, if you told BroadPoint that you have seven young children, don't be shocked to hear a diaper commercial.