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I don’t understand, where is the part of this device that forces ads on you?
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I remember calling collect but then yelling “it’s me pick me up” when they asked for your name
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You see you’d either have to remember every single number you ever needed OR you had to look the numbers up in a very thick book with very thin pages.
The pages that were ads were even coloured differently.
Idk, perhaps you’ve heard of “the yellow pages”?
Also, waiting music.
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Or you could pay the operator to give you and/or connect you, but that cost you money, so no need for an ad!
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