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Slighted | 3 years ago

>This title implies we are injecting third-party advertising into web forms, which is not the case.

Its okay everybody, the CEO came out and said its *not* actually advertising but just simply an unsolicited, intrusive pop-up that tries to get users to use more of their services so its all good!

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focusedone|3 years ago

Happy DDG user who also hates extra popups while browsing here:

I think this only happens if you install the DDG extension. So it's not exactly unsolicited.

I totally get DDG wanting people to be aware of their services. I use their email proxy service and it seems like a solid addition to their portfolio. For me, anything that requires additional action or distraction when I'm just trying to do this one quick thing gets disabled / removed.

How often are people actually signing up for things? Maybe this could be a separate extension or at least have an easier way to mute the injected ad?

matkoniecz|3 years ago

> I think this only happens if you install the DDG extension. So it's not exactly unsolicited.

Has extension mentioned obnoxious inline ads as one of things it will be doing?

When people were installing it?