@Loxiran

I didn’t say it was illegal either 😉…

And yes, I missed that this is one of the few threads opened by Swisscom…

I think advertising is an absolute no-go and am considering switching all products to another provider. We already pay more for all the services we use (television, internet, telephony, etc.) than our competitors. Now we have to pay more again so that we don’t receive any advertising. impudence.

@Paule67

The Thunderbird mail client is free to use, there are no advertisements and you have many advantages over webmail.

A mail client is already preinstalled on the smartphone or tablet, you just have to configure it. This gives you more functions and convenience than with webmail and you are no longer bothered by advertising banners.

Advertising is all well and good - but I think the fact that half the screen on my laptop is taken up by it is a bit exaggerated.

@waegi

You can prevent this easily and free of charge, see e.g. post #37

However, I don’t want to or am not allowed to download all of my private emails onto the business computer.

@Anonymous

Regardless of the topic of advertising banners in the email, I recommend that you separate business and private matters, i.e. that you do not do any private things on your business PC and no business things on your private device. Yes, I know, that’s old fashioned…

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@Paule67

Using the Thunderbird mail client is free, the advertising is gone and you have many advantages over webmail.

A mail client is already preinstalled on the smartphone or tablet, you just have to configure it. This gives you more functions and convenience than with webmail and you are no longer bothered by advertising banners.

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@hed

Can I install a mail client on all “outside” desktop computers? No!

As mentioned, sometimes I have to do a Word document or something special away from home that requires a desktop computer where I can only log in via webmail. And then having to see these stupid advertisements just causes additional stress.

@Loxiran

For security reasons, you shouldn’t access webmail on someone else’s external computer anyway, or only in an emergency if it is protected like 2FA.

When I’m out of town and need to do things like this, I use my tablet or laptop.

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@hed wrote:

@Loxiran

For security reasons, you shouldn’t access webmail on someone else’s external computer anyway or only in an emergency if it is protected like 2FA.

When I’m out of town and need to do things like this, I use my tablet or laptop.

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@hed

Why should webmail on other computers be less secure than at home? I’m not talking about public computers, it’s logical that I don’t log into public computers.

But it can certainly be the case that someone needs to quickly log into webmail at their grandmother’s where they can help, or at other people/relatives/friends/family members or at their place of work or wherever.

Filling out a Word document is just easier using a real keyboard. I don’t have a separate keyboard for the iPad. So certain things are easier to do on a desktop or laptop than on an iPad/tablet or whatever.

The biggest weak point of Swisscom Webmail is that there is no separate login for this.

@Loxiran

If you look long enough, you will always find a rare case that justifies the use of webmail. But it is precisely in this rare case that the advertising banner is not a problem because it only appears once every leap year.

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@hed wrote:

@Loxiran

If you look long enough, you will always find a rare case that justifies the use of webmail. But it is precisely in this rare case that the advertising banner is not a problem because it only appears once every leap year.

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@hed

It is precisely in these cases, which are not that rare, that advertising is extremely annoying. Especially when links to spam and other advertising garbage are promoted.

@waegi, you’re doing something wrong. I always receive regular discounts when I take out or adjust a new subscription.

I am of the same opinion. It’s not just that Swisscom has the most expensive fees. I find it outrageous to now have the courage to charge money for a service that was previously taken for granted. Are the fees no longer enough to pay for staff benefits? Or should this be a test of how much Swisscom can increase the fees little by little.

Greetings

The heat of this thread reminds me of the discussion and outcry that went through the community when TV recording storage was limited to 2 years, including from me, btw 🙃

And today? Many have come to terms with it, at least I no longer see any fiery treatises on the subject. Maybe some people have moved on to the competition because of this.

What I want to say is that tempers will calm down again this time, especially since there are workarounds, as already shown several times in this thread.

The next ‘storm’ is already lurking around the corner, when we will have to pay to skip the TV commercials.

Until then, we should try to be friendly with each other so that we don’t scare away the helpful (now probably thick-skinned) experts in this community…

Cabonesha

I would try with Firefox and uBlock Origin.