A Place of Safety
I expect simple behaviours here. Friendship, and love.
Any advice should be from the perspective of the person asking, not the person giving!
We have had to make new membership moderated to combat the huge number of spammers who register
















You are here: Home > Forum > A Place of Safety > General Talk > I just sent this to ATT Yahoo.
I just sent this to ATT Yahoo.  [message #42798] Wed, 06 June 2007 21:34 Go to next message
marc is currently offline  marc

Needs to get a life!

Registered: March 2003
Messages: 4729



Considering the substancial fees charges for internet service I feel that annoying advertisments are a bit much. If you are recieving a revenue from these advertising banners am I entitled to a percentage considering you are using my computer to display them?

It only seems reasonable that if they are using my machine then I am entitled to a portion of their revenues.

I think I shall invoice them.


Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
Re: I just sent this to ATT Yahoo.  [message #42803 is a reply to message #42798] Wed, 06 June 2007 21:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
CallMePaul is currently offline  CallMePaul

Really getting into it
Location: U.S.A.
Registered: April 2007
Messages: 907



I'm sure Yahoo receives none of the fees you pay for your internet service. Myself, I think the advertising is a small annoyance if it keeps sites like Yahoo, Google and other free services operating. The only other option would be to pay for their services. And I just couldn't afford it. If you pay for cable or satellite connection for your television, the programs still come with advertising. As long as they don't go overboard with them then I am okay with it because it gives me what I want, at a price I can afford - free. Smile


Youth crisis hot-line 866-488-7386, 24 hr (U.S.A.)
There are people who want to help you cope with being you.
Re: I just sent this to ATT Yahoo.  [message #42809 is a reply to message #42803] Thu, 07 June 2007 01:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
marc is currently offline  marc

Needs to get a life!

Registered: March 2003
Messages: 4729



ATT Yahoo is not a free service. I pay dearly for my ATT Yahoo dsl internet account.

and this is not TV or cable..... it is a business service that I rely on and am interupted constantly by these ads.


Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
Re: I just sent this to ATT Yahoo.  [message #42815 is a reply to message #42809] Thu, 07 June 2007 06:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
timmy

Has no life at all
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13798



It does seem odd that they advertise on a paid service. I'm sure you have, but have you run adaware and/or spybot on your system to be sure the adverts are from the ISP and not some sort of Adware on your machine?

Do their terms and conditions refer to advertising?


Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
Re: I just sent this to ATT Yahoo.  [message #42819 is a reply to message #42815] Thu, 07 June 2007 11:09 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Braden is currently offline  Braden

Getting started
Location: United States
Registered: May 2007
Messages: 25




if it is ur puter they shouldnt use it for ads

but it is funny

[Updated on: Thu, 07 June 2007 11:11]
Re: I just sent this to ATT Yahoo.  [message #42834 is a reply to message #42809] Fri, 08 June 2007 02:12 Go to previous message
CallMePaul is currently offline  CallMePaul

Really getting into it
Location: U.S.A.
Registered: April 2007
Messages: 907



Whoops ... didn't know there was such a thing as "ATT" Yahoo. My bad! Now you've got me on your side. I'd sure let the buggers know that there are lots of other broad-band services out there that would like your business. But I'll bet they'll say something like "we couldn't give you such a competitive package without the advertising." Then let them know that their competitors can!


Youth crisis hot-line 866-488-7386, 24 hr (U.S.A.)
There are people who want to help you cope with being you.
Previous Topic: sunburns
Next Topic: Friendships...
Goto Forum:
  

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [ RSS ]
We support Ukraine — Мы поддерживаем Украину — Ми підтримуємо Україну
We support Ukraine We support Ukraine We support Ukraine We support Ukraine
We support Palestine — We support Palestine — We support Palestine
We support Palestine We support Palestine We support Palestine We support Palestine

Please read our Copyright Statement, Disclaimer, and Privacy Policy , which opens in a new screen.
There are no age checks on this forum. If the law says you need (eg) parental consent to post here then you need that consent.
Frankly, we think such laws are silly. They do young people more harm than good. How can you possibly ask questions on a gay forum without coming out to your parents if you need consent?
So it is up to you. If you post here we assume that you are of legal age to do so or have consent if not, and we do not want to know any different
We treat everyone as having good sense and mature judgement.