Comment Its the Ad, not Myspace (Score 2, Insightful) 390
Before we go on with all the Myspace and Windows bashing it's important to note who is at fault here.
Myspace isn't at fault and neither is Microsoft
Sure they make shitty products for the below average user, but that isn't the problem. Myspace administrator's don't choose exactly which ads are dissplayed on their pages, they sell their ad space to an ad company with a few constraints on what types of ads are allowed to appear. The company who provides the ads then chooses specifically which ads it wishes to display on each of Myspace's, and for that matter, hundreds of other web site's web pages. And the users who didn't update their Windows OS arn't any more at fault either. Is it my fault if I leave my window unlocked and I get robbed because of it? No.
Another important note:
Myspace users were not the only one affected by this banner ad
So enough with the flame wars, go fuck the adware companies that are fucking everyone over.
Myspace isn't at fault and neither is Microsoft
Sure they make shitty products for the below average user, but that isn't the problem. Myspace administrator's don't choose exactly which ads are dissplayed on their pages, they sell their ad space to an ad company with a few constraints on what types of ads are allowed to appear. The company who provides the ads then chooses specifically which ads it wishes to display on each of Myspace's, and for that matter, hundreds of other web site's web pages. And the users who didn't update their Windows OS arn't any more at fault either. Is it my fault if I leave my window unlocked and I get robbed because of it? No.
Another important note:
Myspace users were not the only one affected by this banner ad
So enough with the flame wars, go fuck the adware companies that are fucking everyone over.
