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So which/how many users use Adobe Reader on Linux ?So which/how many users use Adobe Reader on Linux ?Posted Aug 17, 2012 11:40 UTC (Fri) by RobSeace (subscriber, #4435)In reply to: So which/how many users use Adobe Reader on Linux ? by sfeam Parent article: Google warns of using Adobe Reader - particularly on Linux (The H)
> Sure you have the option of buying some commercial tax-preparation
> software with copies of the forms built in, but the history of running > such under linux is quite the cautionary tale - remember the TurboTax- > trashed-my-boot-sector drama?
Do people still buy the boxed retail TurboTax software and run it anymore? I've been using the all-online TurboTax web interface every year since 1998, and always from a Linux-based web browser... For a while, they were checking User-Agent, and not letting you in unless you changed it to lie to them about what OS you were on... But, everything worked fine once you actually get in! But, they thankfully stopped that stupid practice some years ago, and now merely put up a scary warning at the start that you appear to be on an unsupported system, but give you the option of continuing on anyway...
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So which/how many users use Adobe Reader on Linux ? Posted Aug 17, 2012 21:36 UTC (Fri) by jreiser (subscriber, #11027) [Link] Do people still buy the boxed retail TurboTax software and run it anymore?Yes, and I file by printing paper, then physical post. I've been using the all-online TurboTax web interface ... You've been feeding the targeted marketing trolls, or at least Intuit's captive ones. All your tax data is kept forever by Intuit, and used to make money by sending you advertisements based on that data: age, gender, filing status, number and age of dependents, filing (residence) address, amount and kind of income, specific employers, specific dividend payers, amount and kind of deductions, amount and kind of tax credits, amount of refund, history of any category over multiple years, etc. Advertisers deliver the content and desired profile to Intuit. Intuit matches you against the profile, prints and applies the address label (or logical equivalent) to the content, and sends the ads. Your tax data never leaves Intuit [except of course when Intuit forwards it to the IRS or sends it back to you over SSL], but it is used for a lot more than just being forwarded to the IRS (or being held for your "convenience" in filing an amended return, defending an audit, etc.)
So which/how many users use Adobe Reader on Linux ? Posted Aug 17, 2012 22:12 UTC (Fri) by RobSeace (subscriber, #4435) [Link]
> used to make money by sending you advertisements
Ads? I've been running AdBlock Plus for ages...
Google also revolves around ads, but that doesn't stop me from using their products... If people want to send me ads I'll never see because they're blocked, let them... If it makes Google/Intuit money, and loses the advertisers money, so much the better!
So which/how many users use Adobe Reader on Linux ? Posted Aug 18, 2012 1:25 UTC (Sat) by hummassa (subscriber, #307) [Link]
Sometimes you have to remember that targeted ads (especially when well-executed) means *less* and *better* ads (of the kind that may actually be useful to you). :-D
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