LifeinAsia
msg:3571599 | 5:23 pm on Feb 11, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Serious lawsuits. By "all" ads, I assume you meant "all ads except from Microsoft sources." :)
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tntpower
msg:3571612 | 5:40 pm on Feb 11, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Serious lawsuits. By "all" ads, I assume you meant "all ads except from Microsoft sources." :) |
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No. I mean *all* ads. It will be a nice feature if Windows users can easily customize hosts file (through GUI). Not all Windows users know they can block ads by editing hosts file.
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LifeinAsia
msg:3571635 | 5:59 pm on Feb 11, 2008 (gmt 0) |
So you want MS to include a feature to make it easy for people to reduce MS's revenue?
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Lord Majestic
msg:3571650 | 6:15 pm on Feb 11, 2008 (gmt 0) |
So if they did that, then advertisers would just change domains or use IPs. Most people would probably complain that websites don't look good with gaps from ads that failed to load.
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LifeinAsia
msg:3571685 | 7:02 pm on Feb 11, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Not only that, but as soon as all the advertisers started changing server IPs, users would complain that ads are no longer blocked.
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tntpower
msg:3571800 | 9:10 pm on Feb 11, 2008 (gmt 0) |
If I could make the decision, I would like to add this as an add-on feature to Windows (disabled by default). Few Internet users really like ads, they simply *accept* ads. But they will be happy if there is no ads, as well. This feature will kill some M$'s revenue, not that much. But it will kill much G$'s revenue.
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Lord Majestic
msg:3571814 | 9:29 pm on Feb 11, 2008 (gmt 0) |
| But it will kill much G$'s revenue. |
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Yes, and Microsoft will be sued in a nano-second after they release such a thing - you should remember that Microsoft is a convicted monopoly and any attempt to undermine competitor in such an unfair way would certainly lead to very tragic consequences for Microsoft. I don't think it would work either anyway - Firefox is a very serious threat and if Google refused to serve search results to IE users until they upgrade then it could seriously tip the balance - but the latter is also nuclear option that will backfire unless Google is under serious unfair attack.
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tntpower
msg:3571862 | 10:26 pm on Feb 11, 2008 (gmt 0) |
If I could meet Bill Gates personally, I would suggest to do that. Anyway, it would be a feature that is disabled by default, and it would be a fair play: it applies to all ads, including m$'s. And once again, many users will like this feature. For those who are against this feature, just turn it off, just a few clicks away.
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