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by Slighted 1211 days 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 1211 days 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?

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matkoniecz 1211 days 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?

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tpoacher 1211 days ago
It's literally what the extension does and what it's for.

It's a bit weird to call intended functionality for sonething you install explicitly for that purpose an "ad". Let alone an "obnoxious" one.

I mean, how else would you expect "email protection in the browser" to work at an extension level, other than the extension trigerring a message with more information when you're about to type your email?

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mustacheemperor 1211 days ago
I think I should clarify that I installed this extension quite a long time ago ago, and it has never served an unsolicited inline notification to me of any kind. The stated purpose at the time was website tracking protection, similar to something like PrivacyBadger, and that's what I use it for. It added a small button to my extensions menu that I can click to see some information about the website's requests and turn tracking protection on or off. The behavior I am criticizing in this post is not what the extension was for when I installed it, and it's not something it's ever done before.

I think it would be reasonable to notify me about this new feature in a less disruptive way, like from the extension's existing information pane. Inserting that inline into the websites I use isn't the only way to notify me, but it does seem like the most obnoxious way to do that.

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