The 10 most annoying programs on the Internet | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com

The Internet has brought us many joys. It’s rewritten the rules of business and pleasure.

And pain. For it allows what may have seemed like bright ideas at the time (”Let’s use it to make sure our customers have the latest software,” for example) to turn into a stinking pit of misery — usually, but by no means always, after marketing gets its fangs in.

Here are just 10 of the guilty parties that try to do the impossible: to make us hate the Internet and wish it had never been invented — and which very nearly succeed.

Note: This list originally appeared as a photo gallery created by Rupert Goodwins, which published on ZDNet.co.uk, ZDNet, and TechRepublic. It’s also available as a PDF download.

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The 10 most annoying programs on the Internet | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com