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Java: Hidden Ad Suppression.

Author
Gray et al.
Date
18 Jan 2017
Publisher
UXP2 Lab

“Java hides the option to suppress sponsor ads deep in their menu under the advanced section at the very bottom. It seems that they were trying to hide this feature so that users wouldn’t be able to find it easily and disable it.”

Oracle’s Java was catalogued by the UXP2 Lab over the placement of an option to suppress sponsor advertisements. According to the entry, the option is buried deep in the menu, beneath the advanced section at the very bottom. The entry suggests this placement was an attempt to hide the feature so that users would not be able to find it easily and disable the ads.