• Steve@communick.news
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    Again ‘a regular basis’? It’s annual. On their Black Friday sale. A regular interval? Yes, sure. But regular basis is misleading, and hyperbolic.

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      It is not annual, I get several ads throughout the year in various locations, as I said previously.

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        I think some years they run a second sale during the year. Don’t recall when. That might rotate even.

        Getting it on multiple devices once or twice a year isn’t Several. Again, unreasonable hyperbole and over reacting. This is such a small thing you’re getting very worked up over.

        I mentioned before BofA does a full page add for first time you login each day! What Proton’s doing is closer to zero ads, than “several on a regular basis”.

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          Getting it on multiple devices once or twice a year isn’t Several.

          It is, by definition, but without getting caught up in semantics, it is not “once or twice a year”. This is the third time I’m saying this. If you want to keep on with the strawman debates, you can do it on your own, because I’m not going to entertain them further.

          This is such a small thing you’re getting very worked up over.

          I don’t know what makes you think I’m getting “very worked up”. I just said it’s the worst thing about Proton, who is otherwise pretty great overall.

          I mentioned before BofA dose a full page add for first time you login each day!

          I don’t know what your point is here. Other companies being dogshit doesn’t make incessant advertising any more acceptable.

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            I’m not strawmaning you. I’m flatly saying you’re wrong. I’m saying it’s not as often as you’re protraying. That your inflating the severity of the problem. Again you said “incessant” when you already pointed out it doesn’t happen often enough to fit that characterization.

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              I’m not strawmaning you

              No, you’re saying something I haven’t said is wrong. I keep telling you it’s not once or twice, and yet you still keep arguing with the idea of once or twice. That’s the very definition of a strawman.

              you already pointed out it doesn’t happen often enough to fit that characterization.

              I did not. You made that up. I’ve been using the platform for several years. It has refused to cease, despite my protests. Again, the definition of incessant.

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                I was trying to give you the benefit of the doubt, and assume you weren’t being literal; That you were being hyperbolic, as I said. It’s not Strawmaning if I’m saying your wrong in how often it hapens. Which I am. It’s not as often as you say.

                It’s literally only a couple of times a year. Specifically when they have a sale. That’s all. Nothing more. Ever. In total your’re only seeing the large ad twice a year. And the upgrade button in the corner of the website for a week or so, as long as each sale is on.

                Your characterization and annoyance are extreme and unreasonable.

                That’s what I’m saying. I’m done.