Is Yahoo Actively Supporting Adware?

conq writes "According to BusinessWeek, a report said Yahoo was actively supporting the companies that spawn pop-up ads. In early September, Yahoo engineer Jeremy D. Zawodny sounded off on his blog: "Do I like those [software installation] practices? Hell no. It's insulting and disrespectful."" update the story submission takes Jeremy out of context which he blogs about and says mean things about us.

Of course they are

[ellem]

They have nothing to tangible sell. The only way for them to make money is to sell data they've garnered and they users who they garnered it from.

Note CISCO not adding spyware to their PIXs.

*or are they*

It's True!

[tgbrittai]

Yeah, I installed the Yahoo! Toolbar the other day and ended up with the Adobe Reader on my computer.

What the?!?!?

meanwhile...

[cswiii]

...I load up Slashdot, see this story briefly, only to have the Network Solutions banner at the top expand into an ad that takes up about 1/4 of the browser window on mouseover, thus covering it up.

What's next?

[Teresh]

What's next -- Google viruses? Oh, wait...

Proposed new name for Yahoo!

[andy55]

In other news, Yahoo! will be changing its name to "Realhoo!"

Re:huh

[kevin.fowler]

He didn't have the $150 to buy the vowel. Damn you Pat Sajak

Re:meanwhile...

[eggz128]

Only 5% profit? Not worth it :)

Re:Here is the real issue...LEGALLY, what is Spywa

[HermanAB]

Well, that should have been a lesson. It is not "Spyware", it is "Fucking Goddamn Crapware". You got to be accurate when you talk about these things...

Actvely?

[ave19]

Are the editors actively supporting spell checkers?

I'm joking!

Don't see a reason?

[Urusai]

Employees indulging in spontaneous honesty is never good for business. They should fire him and have a court slap an injunction on him that forbids him from talking about the injunction.

Just look what happened when it was pointed out that the Emperor had no clothes. It destroyed an entire textile industry, embarrassed the nation, and undermined confidence in hucksters *ahem* businessmen with innovative revenue models. We can't undermine the economy in these fragile times! WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA????

Re:More evil?

[suitepotato]

I've never understood how a company that does nothing but promote misery stays afloat, much less profits.

Neither have I, but somehow those companies spreading misery keep putting the likes of Yahoo Serious, Pauli Shore, Paris Hilton, and the entire cast of the WWE in front of the cameras. It only makes sense if you assume great masochism on the part of the public at large which is not too hard given how many people still use Lynx and Vi right here in geekdom.

Re:More evil?

[VATechTigger]

I'm aghast. You mean I have to MANUALLY uncheck a box. Oh the horror...............

Re:meanwhile...

[Captain_Chaos]

...I load up Slashdot, see this story briefly, only to have the Network Solutions banner at the top expand into an ad that takes up about 1/4 of the browser window on mouseover, thus covering it up.

Ther [mozilla.org]e are ads on sla [mozdev.org]shdot?