The more bandwidth you spend talking about this minimal intrusion into our online lives, the more need there is for the ads. A good way not to have AWAD would be not to have some way to pay for it.

If the ads bother you that much find out how much Anu would take to eliminate them and take up a collection to pay for AWAD. Personally, I enjoy not having to pay for AWAD almost as much as I enjoy AWAD. But if Anu said he needed $10 a year from each participant I'd send in $20 just so someone who couldn't afford it would have the opportunity the rest of us take WAY TOO MUCH for granted. [/rant]

TEd