Comments on: Aaagh! Ad-Enabled PDFs Coming from Adobe, Yahoo http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5103 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:29:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: beyond http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5103#comment-436033 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:23:25 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5103#comment-436033 Yes, ads are an evil necessity in todays internet, BUT somewhere it does have to stop. www.myfreelivesite.com Yes, ads are an evil necessity in todays internet, BUT somewhere it does have to stop.

www.myfreelivesite.com

]]> by: Steve R http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5103#comment-383509 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:10:46 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5103#comment-383509 Not wanting ads misses the point. Of course nobody wants ads. Ads represent a product with negative value to the consumer, and positive value to the supplier. This is ideal, since most products are the other way around, and therefore ads represent a kind of silent barter between producer and consumer, that doesn't require exchange of funds. Since that's exactly what's needed on the internet, ads will continue to serve the purpose. After all, what else could a free content supplier GIVE you that would help repay its own costs for the other content they GIVE you? Not wanting ads misses the point. Of course nobody wants ads.

Ads represent a product with negative value to the consumer, and positive value to the supplier. This is ideal, since most products are the other way around, and therefore ads represent a kind of silent barter between producer and consumer, that doesn’t require exchange of funds.

Since that’s exactly what’s needed on the internet, ads will continue to serve the purpose.

After all, what else could a free content supplier GIVE you that would help repay its own costs for the other content they GIVE you?

]]> by: Erik http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5103#comment-382938 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:04:03 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5103#comment-382938 No more ads! We are over marketed to as it is. It is hard to even comprehend all of the places where advertising encroaches. I do not want ads in my PDFs, I do not want ads in my emails, I do not want ads beamed into my brain while I sleep (because you know someone somewhere is working on this very thing). No more ads! We are over marketed to as it is. It is hard to even comprehend all of the places where advertising encroaches. I do not want ads in my PDFs, I do not want ads in my emails, I do not want ads beamed into my brain while I sleep (because you know someone somewhere is working on this very thing).

]]> by: Ed3 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5103#comment-381852 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:55:59 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5103#comment-381852 Don't use Adobe's reader. Try Foxit. http://www.foxitsoftware.com/ Don’t use Adobe’s reader. Try Foxit. http://www.foxitsoftware.com/

]]> by: John http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5103#comment-381581 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:07:31 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5103#comment-381581 Yep, that was my FIRST thought. BLOCK THEM! Yep, that was my FIRST thought. BLOCK THEM!

]]> by: Kevin K. http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5103#comment-381577 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:02:04 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5103#comment-381577 Never open a PDF while connected or use your firewall to deny access to the internet for Adobe Reader. In fact, when I open a PDF from the web and ZoneAlarm pops up asking if I want to allow Acrobat to access the internet, I always deny it and the PDF opens right up. Unless they change that somehow, that's what I'd do..... Never open a PDF while connected or use your firewall to deny access to the internet for Adobe Reader. In fact, when I open a PDF from the web and ZoneAlarm pops up asking if I want to allow Acrobat to access the internet, I always deny it and the PDF opens right up.

Unless they change that somehow, that’s what I’d do…..

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