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by RadiozRadioz 1362 days ago
Same reason most people don't like banner ads. It's extra fluff the user didn't ask for, unrelated to the stuff they actually want to see. It's not the case here, but oftentimes the political messages can be large and distracting, think Notepad++. That's reason enough to dislike them, without getting into any of the "purity" arguments.