Is there a hack to get rid of the advertising?

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nestman
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Is there a hack to get rid of the advertising?

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We all paid money to get our MJ. So why are we also being shown advertising? Anyone come up with a hack to get rid of it?
andy_taipei
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How to Hide the MJ App in the background?

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If anyone has any ideas please let us know. I heard there is a work around on PC's. Anyone have any ideas for Macs?
nestman
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Post by nestman »

What was the procedure for overcoming this on a PC? Maybe I can figure out the equivalent on a Mac.
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Post by GuyOnTheAir »

We all paid money to get our MJ.
Honestly now? You also agreed to terms of service that stated that as PART OF WHAT YOU WERE PAYING FOR, YOU'D BE SHOWN ADS.

Because seriously $20/year means you really paid for unlimited phone calls for a year. Yeah.

Grow up. Fine. If you don't want to see the soft phone, that's fine. I dig that. Post here, and discuss ways to get rid of it, or not use it, or hide it, or whatever. But don't be a douche trying to justify that by saying you "paid for it". You paid for a service. You accepted the TOS of the service when you signed on. And it's not like they "hid" it in there.
11. Advertisements

You also understand and agree that use of the magicJack device and Software will include advertisements. Advertisements will be served through the magicPage™ Software or the magicJack softphone – the software/softphone attempts to serve local advertisements and classifieds using a completely automated process that enables us to effectively target dynamically changing content. Our computers may analyze the phone numbers and your registration information you call in order to improve the relevance of the ads. We do not provide any personal information to our advertisers or third parties. magicJack has a policy of restricting advertisers that it believes are inappropriate, but it does not guarantee the accuracy or integrity of any advertisers and does not endorse any of the advertisements that may appear in connection with use of the magicJack device. You also understand and agree that use of the magicJack device and Software may include certain communications, such as service announcements, administrative messages and newsletters, and you will not be able to opt out of receiving them.
nestman
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Post by nestman »

Remind me not to get on your bad side.
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Post by GuyOnTheAir »

Consider yourself reminded.
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Post by edembowski »

I have no problem with ads, but they only advertise for a product that I've already purchased. That really doesn't make sense. Why aren't they doing something with third party ads to subsidize the service?

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Post by GuyOnTheAir »

Maybe it's because they're too busy providing superior customer service. :twisted:
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