I've brought this up before but looks like the NYT finally caught on.  The nice people at Verizon have decided that they are not being paid enough for their network and would like to have their paying users  PAY THEM MORE  by advertising  to the phone and I am sure that they think there's a tasteful sweetspot  , in reality just shy of pissing off people  rather than when they no longer find them interesting.  I NEVER look up anything that I don't want to see  on the mobile device, tautology Tuesday , it's painful.  It's painful to the point where the compelling reason to have one is simply that it's connected in locations where there's no practical alternative ( laptops  drag my belt down )   and the info I need has a real time practical need. It does not have space for advertising on an already hobbled device thanks to the phone company thinking it's now a  media and advertising clearing house.   

Just like every other business thinks it is.