What Is The Point Of...

UnderDOGUnderDOG Join Date: 2003-04-05 Member: 15221Members
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Free webhosting or free email? I dont understand why people would want to use it, as the quality is generaly poor. This brings me to the real question; Why would someone ever provide these free services to everyone on the internet. There doesnt seem to be any money to be made, and servers and bandwith arnt free...

So why does this whole system exist, I dont get it.
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  • xioutlawixxioutlawix Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 7118Members, Constellation
    Well, you know how on yahoo, you can create an e-mail account, never give out your e-mail to anyone, and within a few days you're receiving spam mail?

    yeah
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  • XythXyth Avatar Join Date: 2003-11-04 Member: 22312Members
    <i>Because they choose to!</i>
    <.<
    >.>

    Because generally the free hosting companies get paid to put adds on the hosties websites. So that's how the larger companies pay for the the bandwidth/ comps/etc. And me? Well since Im not really going to pay 6$ a month for hosting like 50kb worth of images, so I just use free services.
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  • UnderDOGUnderDOG Join Date: 2003-04-05 Member: 15221Members
    But most of the newer ones claim to never have ads, and not give out any of your info; is this just a lie?
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  • Seph_KimaraSeph_Kimara Join Date: 2003-08-10 Member: 19359Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-xioutlawix+Jun 15 2004, 08:08 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (xioutlawix @ Jun 15 2004, 08:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Well, you know how on yahoo, you can create an e-mail account, never give out your e-mail to anyone, and within a few days you're receiving spam mail?

    yeah <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Funny, my yahoo address has never received spam.
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  • [WHO]Them[WHO]Them You can call me Dave Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10593Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Seph Kimara+Jun 15 2004, 01:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Seph Kimara @ Jun 15 2004, 01:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-xioutlawix+Jun 15 2004, 08:08 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (xioutlawix @ Jun 15 2004, 08:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Well, you know how on yahoo, you can create an e-mail account, never give out your e-mail to anyone, and within a few days you're receiving spam mail?

    yeah <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Funny, my yahoo address has never received spam. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Funnier story, I use my yahoo address to register for stuff that I think I'm gonna get spam from, and it filters it all out for me.
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  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    ads

    somewhere someone is getting paid so it's all good, just give me free email
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  • NEO_PhyteNEO_Phyte We need shirtgons&#33; Join Date: 2003-12-16 Member: 24453Members, Constellation
    if you list your age as under 17 (i think), you wont get spam
    (im not encouraging any behavior here, just making an observation)
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  • GadzukoGadzuko Join Date: 2002-12-26 Member: 11556Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-[WHO]Them+Jun 15 2004, 04:24 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([WHO]Them @ Jun 15 2004, 04:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Seph Kimara+Jun 15 2004, 01:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Seph Kimara @ Jun 15 2004, 01:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-xioutlawix+Jun 15 2004, 08:08 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (xioutlawix @ Jun 15 2004, 08:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Well, you know how on yahoo, you can create an e-mail account, never give out your e-mail to anyone, and within a few days you're receiving spam mail?

    yeah <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Funny, my yahoo address has never received spam. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Funnier story, I use my yahoo address to register for stuff that I think I'm gonna get spam from, and it filters it all out for me. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Heh, that's exactly what I do too.
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  • ElvenThiefElvenThief aka Elven Thief (ex. NS Programmer) Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8754Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    I made my yahoo address years ago to play chess online when I had free time to use the internet at the library. Ironically, it's got the best email filters I've ever used and additionally is handy, especially if you jump around ISPs or need to access your email remotely (as opposed to using outlook infest and deleting all your mail off the server).
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    I use Hotmail and just disable all the ads (long story). It's free. Who cares about anything else? It's not like I need 8 gigs of storage.
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