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AOL: Still evil after all these years

January 26, 2008 · Print This Article

I notice that all my AOL contacts have little text ads in their emails. As AOL charges $25+ or so a month for their crappy, ad-laden, computer-clogging internet service, I think they can do without sneaking text ads in their email messages… just a thought.

The really galling part is that AOL users seem to be unaware of the fact that AOL is sneaking text ads into their messages. I was curious about this, so I have been asking. Not one seems to know this is going on. One thought it was coming from my reply. Nope.

Click on the picture to see an enlarged screenshot of an AOL message (personal info & message text greyed out).

Also note the extra-annoying forwarded message attachment (inline an option here?).

Written by Mary · Filed Under Bad Deals, Trainwrecks 
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