take windows live messenger. i go there to try to find the program or an online version so i can chat. what do i get? a campaign message on "i'm":
i’m is a new initiative from Windows Live Messenger™. Every time you start a conversation using i’m, Microsoft shares a portion of the program's advertising revenue with some of the world's most effective organizations dedicated to social causes. We've set no cap on the amount we'll donate to each organization. The sky's the limit.this is what the whole page is about. i must do good in order to chat! don't get me wrong--i think it's great to promote good causes and be charitable, but let's not forget why people want a chat program, to chat. so let us have access to the program without having to be told how by chatting with Live Messenger i will be helping the world out. it sort of makes me want to vomit a little because of how ridiculously in your face it is, and the fact that this is Microsoft we're talking about here. it just seems like a lame attempt to get more users with their new in-your-face advertising.
okay. i'm done ranting now. and refuse to go through the hoops just to download live messenger. i guess i'll finally give trillian a second try.
EDIT: so Trillian defaults checkboxes to have you install some Weather.com thingy and also an Ask searchbar... god. and people wonder why i (and many others) love Google. UI designed to help users, not to bring in more money or business. hopefully that doesn't ever change.........
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While that may be true (about google), there have been many times when i download and install OTHER programs and the default checkboxes include installing a google toolbar. :p
hi lynn!
ha. so Google is making your experience using OTHERS' apps less pleasant, but not their own? is that evil? ;)
i honestly hate all these toolbars. what gives? go away.
thanks for reading (and commenting)! :)
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