OK, I was able to score a Next Gen console recently and a few next-gen 'optimized' games. I have fast Internet, so wasn't too worried about having to download the mandatory patches needed to play any game you purchase these days. Soooo, after installing and downloading the 1.24GB patch for one game, a few 64-100GB patches for a few others, I was alerted from my ISP that I was very close to overrunning my data plan. What? I thought I was on an unlimited plan. Not so fast there buddy....your unlimited plan does have a data cap, and when exceeded, we charge you for overages. However, if you want a truely unlimited plan, you must pay us an additional $40/month. So to all who use your Internet connection to stream videos and TV, download files and use Next Gen consoles, be sure to read the fine print in your ISP contract to make sure unlimited is really unlimited, not some redefined definition of unlimited.
We finally won the war of the popup ads through ad blockers and persistence. But there is now a new enemy in the web browser popup war: - 'XXX wants to know your location' - 'XXX wants to send you notifications' - 'We use cookies, do you accept? (thanks EU :( ) - 'Subscribe to our newsletter. Enter your email address.' - 'Log in to see more content' - 'Click here to save 10% on your order' - 'You qualify for a free credit card (while logged into credit card company site to pay my bill)' Yes, these are no longer annoying 'Punch the monkey' type popups, but instead rather obnoxious fill-the-screen pop-overs that you need to close on every visit to the web site. Give me the old days of banner ads.
