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Originally Posted by bZkindle
There are no billboards in the middle of the highway either.
One could argue whether the ones at the side of the road are distracting or not. (meh, perhaps not the best analogy but you know what I mean)
It seems to me like everything in the 'plugged-in' society is, to some degree, distracting. ADD has become a way of life.
Better to live it with less links to click on.
I'd worry about creep too with something like this:
first it's just ads on the screensavers and then the next thing you know, starbucks is paying authors for product placement!
Hyperbolic I know, but still- ad-creep!
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I'm certainly not planning on buying one of the ad-supported devices, and I'd be concerned if it went any further than that, but I don't think their ad format is bad in itself. I'd rather buy one than not, if I had $120 to spend on a reader, but not $140.