>> - Advertising.
> 
> Adblock Pro is what I use to avoid that. :-)
> 
> But I agree that it's annoying - the latest trend that I really dislike 
> is on many news sites, they now break a story down into multiple "pages" 
> - and on each page, the space for the story is a small percentage of the 
> total space.

Yeah, that too.

>> - Stuff which is "free", yet you still have to "register" to actually
>> get it.
> 
> "Free" always comes with a cost when dealing with a commercial entity.  
> You get something, the provider gets something.  Them giving you 
> something and getting nothing in return doesn't give them reason to give 
> stuff away for free.  Commercial businesses are in business for one 
> reason:  to turn a profit.  So everything they do is in pursuit of that 
> goal.

Some companies give stuff away for free, and it really *is* free. 
Usually because you using it gives the company some other kind of 
advantage. E.g., Acrobat Reader is utterly free. Anybody can easily 
obtain it, install it, copy it around, put it on 20 PCs, no 
restrictions, no limitations. Because that way, Adobe can go "Hey, buy 
Acrobat Professional! Because EVERYBODY HAS ACROBAT READER..."

> Of course, you could always use a jetable mail address or a mailinator 
> address.

I still object to having to jump through hoops to get something that's 
supposed to be "free".

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