Annoying pop-up

AstroGimp01

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Getting an annoying pop-up on almost every new page view here - not sure why.

Something about net neutrality - anybody else getting it?

Oh and by the way, corporate efficiencey, drama, testihol and all hail Glorious Leader!

'Gimp
 

Printimus

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Getting an annoying pop-up on almost every new page view here - not sure why.

Something about net neutrality - anybody else getting it?

Oh and by the way, corporate efficiencey, drama, testihol and all hail Glorious Leader!

'Gimp
Pop-ups are what happens when net neutrality goes away. Get used to it now!
 

Phantomoftruth

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yes. It a several other formats are spread across websites to increase the awareness of the US House and Senate are poised to pass laws allowing Carriers to throttle or "fast Lane" content on who created or is passing the content.

I'm assuming you weren't being sarcastic about this.
 

Takeiteasy

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Yeah it's quite annoying but worse is if these companies get their way pop ups will load slower unless you pay more money to get them to load up even faster so you can close them quicker and get back to that website you were on.
 

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Getting an annoying pop-up on almost every new page view here - not sure why.

Something about net neutrality - anybody else getting it?

Oh and by the way, corporate efficiencey, drama, testihol and all hail Glorious Leader!

'Gimp
I signed the petition/sent the email protesting the removal of net neutrality that was in the pop up and it hasn't appeared since. It was in my best interest since I'm all for net neutrality and wanted to help show opposition to that legislation. Even if you don't care about most that's talked about with net neutrality, it will be a violation of the first amendment freedom of speech since they can then use it to effectively censor people or websites and restrict the spread of information they don't like. Anything that uses an internet connection can be slowed down to practically a halt if this is passed, which could potentially bring down organizations with how much they could mess with communications and normal functions.
 
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Blind Owl

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Getting an annoying pop-up on almost every new page view here - not sure why.

Something about net neutrality - anybody else getting it?

Oh and by the way, corporate efficiencey, drama, testihol and all hail Glorious Leader!

'Gimp
Yeah Gimp, what @Phantomoftruth said. Many sites and service providers are doing this in protest of then new Net Neutrality rules that Trump and the FCC want to impose.
 

Floating Cloud

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Getting an annoying pop-up on almost every new page view here - not sure why.

Something about net neutrality - anybody else getting it?
'Gimp
It's an important issue, but if you are not one of the (presumably) minority from America then you can just adblock it. It's a global issue though, so worth being aware of and making your concerns heard if it has yet to be settled in your country.

Edit note: In Europe we have the European Union's regulations on open Internet access (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32015R2120&from=EN), but if you are from Britain then watch out for changes come the exit from the European Union. A good (brief) summary of the issue may be found here: http://news.sky.com/story/net-neutrality-should-uk-citizens-be-worried-about-us-changes-10945518
 
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CrudeSasquatch

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Ohh oh wait, wait, I think I know a law. It says something like do not eat 30 Minuites before swimming or was it do drink 30 Beers before swimming? I don't remember, just do or do not something before swimming, I guess that is important or something.
The law is Always easy 30 cookies before swimming
 
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