[citation][nom]majorlag[/nom]The Author of this article needs less condescending, arrogate, biased words and this would be a descent article.First lets discus the popup ad riddle file sharing sties shall we(one should learn to download correctly). I start off with TomsHardware site, I click on an article to open in a new tab, so I can get back to the main news post quickly. I click on the tab and move my mouse down to scroll through the page, and BAM I am hit with a banner that opens up and fills the screen, @#$%, then I move my mouse away so it might close, then BAM I am hit with several ad word links in the article and those open up more pop-up ads by just moving my mouse over the ad sense words. Eventually those go away too. Soo, don't sound all high and mighty about pop-up ads Mr. Escallier, oh I tried to scroll up to the top and copy past your name, and of course ran over another one of those ad word pop-ups @#$@#$%. Work computer does not have admin rights to install ad killing software.Second grip I have is the whole article sounds like a car salesman trying to belittle the file sharing sites and you must move on to the all mighty Cloud Storage for security and peace of mind. I should remind you how users of Sidekick were without their data for an extended time, Cloud Storage is no replacement for hard backups stored in your control. 4.7gb on one DVD-r sitting offsite somewhere is easy and cost 10 cents at most.Last point that made this article look childish is your article tries to say anonymity is illegal file sharing. I believe you have missed the whole point of anonymity. Yes illegal anything relies on part anonymity, just as a car needs propulsion to move(obvious is obvious), anonymity has many many legal reasons, whistleblowers, informants, such as the Megaupload fiasco require anonymity to stay safe.All free services have ways to generate revenue, or curb costs. Ads, time waits, file size limitations, download speeds. They are all necessary evils, and one is no worse then the other. Some have found ways to avoid ads, but not avoid time waits(for those that haven't learned about downloading tools to make downloading less painfull).~Majorlag[/citation]
Haha, this is my favorite comment.