I hate those Netflix pop-under ads that get served on just about every site on the web. It doesn’t matter if the same site has already served you a Netflix pop-under, it’ll just continue to give it to you until your computer slows to a crawl. The worst part is that I often don’t even know I got a pop-under until I close my main browser window (which is hardly ever) and then I see all of these little red windows everywhere.
Netflix is a great service and all, but seriously they need to stop it with these. Can’t they do normal ads like everyone else? If you hate them too, I encourage you to call customer service and give them a hard time about it.
UPDATE: Just got off the phone with Netflix. Apparently they have no control over how their ads are served. The person I spoke with said that anybody can sign up to be an affiliate and as a result they have no way of doing any sort of quality control with their ads. It sounds like the format of the ads are controlled by individual websites and/or ad services. Boo! Looks like we won’t see an end to this anytime soon.
However, the person I spoke with did say that they would do an investigation if they get enough concerned calls about this issue, so call in and voice your opinions about these pop-unders!
you don’t use a pop up blocker? i’m pretty sure they catch pop unders too, as i’ve never had a problem with them….
I do, but they don’t catch these pop-unders for some reason.
weird….i’m pretty sure i never see them except when browsing with IE (not often). at least they gave you a response when you called!
Firefox blocks my pop ups, but I still get the Netflix pop-under ads. Found this post by Googling “stop netflix pop under.”
If Netflix told you they can’t be responsible for affiliates’ behaviour, they are lying. All they have to do is create a rule that says “affiliates cannot use pop up or pop under ads.” Then if an affiliate breaks the rule, the relationship is terminated.
It’s the old story of companies using spyware by proxy and then being able to deny they have anything to do with it.
I would stop watching movies before I would use Netflix.
go to http://www.optmd.com and hit “opt out”
Nobody, I mean NO BODY “gives away” free advertising. If there is a NetFlix pop-under, then NetFLix is paying someone for it. Them telling you they have no control is crap.
The opt out link above is the company doing the pop-unders for NetFlix. Do not think for a moment that they are not being paid by NetFlix. Because of that, I am highly leary of clicking their “opt-out” link and having a cookie installed by them on my computer. I prefer to block their site with my host file (127.0.0.1) that stops the pop-under. I also send complaints to any site that allows that pop-under to show up under their page. I was having trouble getting snopes.com to even open on my computer, having to manually refresh the page once or twice every time before it would open. I found out that the NetFlix pop-under was interfering with my Mozilla Firefox, and since it was set to block pop-ups, it wasn’t allowing snopes to open.
I sent this to NetFlix:
Your pop-under ads are extremely annoying and because of them, I will NEVER use your products. You are just pissing off people, NOT getting new business.
You can sit there and say that you are not responsible but that is bullshit and you know it. NO company is going to run your pop-under ads if you are not paying them to do it. No one advertises free not even the sleaze-bags.
When are companies like you going to realize that when you act in a sneaky, slimy manner, it creates DISTRUST?
Morons. BTW, Ive found a way to block your stupid pop-unders and Im passing it on to others.