ArsTechnica Letter To Yahoo Mail

[DudeAsInCool]

Dear Yahoo Mail,

Like a hot girlfriend who disdains the gym, you tempted me with your sexiness, so I put up with your lack of speed. Things between us worked out well at first; I liked your sweet AJAX-y goodness, your refusal to bow to the cult of "tagging," and your autocompleting address line.

And then last week, you sent me that e-mail. You know the one—it was about how ads were coming to the previously ad-free service and about how you hoped they would be "useful" to me. Now they're here, and it's like my hot girlfriend has donned fake pearls and press-on nails. Perhaps we should just go back to being friends.

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