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Old Jul 15, 2005 | 5:26 pm
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Originally Posted by PremEx
While I tolerated and even occasionally clicked on ads that appeared on FlyerTalk...today's new ads "crossed the line" for me. Now I've filtered them all out via the quick, free and easy editing of my hosts file (WindowsXP with IE6.0). I didn't have to add or purchase software to do it, either.

Now I have a completely ad-free FlyerTalk experience. I feel kinda bad about it, to tell you the truth. But it just got to be too much. Sorry.

...When you get to a certain point of ad placement saturation, It's not like most people are going to click on any more ads just because you shove them right in their face. Which these new overly-aggressive ad placements are, IMHO.
My sentiments and actions, precisely.

Thank you to birdstrike and ryan182 for the "technical" guidance to accomplish this on XP. Now I just need to figure out how to do it on my Mac at home.
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