The results are somewhat suprising- despite living in a DVR world, only 7% would prefer to eliminate them, less than 2% would prefer to eliminate magazine or newspaper ads. They also found these traditional forms of media more worthwhile, than Amazon recommendations.
Less worthwhile and in-line for elimination; telemarketing, spam and pop-up ads that were rated more "evil' than spam.

Via Bankwatch
Posted by Ed Cotton
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I found this survey on the web, about the forms of advertising customers prefer. It is interesting