can't stand regular TV because of all the garbage ads. They are like a vampire, slowly sucking your blood and soul out of you by forcing you to sit through it without the ability to skip them (has anyone calculated how much of their life is wasted sitting through that shite? Gotta be at least a few years). And the annoying jingle ones are my favourite. They truly know how to induce emotional visceral reactions without even trying.

I don't really care thou, if it gives people the option to have something for free, let them waste that time. I won't use 'em. My time is more important to me and I want to spend it the way I see fit, not the way some big brother chooses.

If I like an Lite app, I will pay the 99 cents to have it without ads. The maker deserves that at least if I'm going to use it.

The un skippable ads are likely to turn me away!

Kick Butt

yes, but those are third party apps. Here we are talking about apps made by microsoft . If apple ran ads before any of their apps people would lose it.....

loading a web page brings back not so fond memories of the dial up days, no? and i can do the math on a piece of paper by the time the calculator opens. I know people will say this is version 1 and there will be improvements, which is fine, but come on. why even bother if this is what you have to offer.

and I was playing with one earlier, anyone noticed the long loading times? It's a 2009 device that’s is "supposed" to kill the iPod. 15 secs of loading is no where near acceptable.

as of now only Microsoft is developing apps for the zune. No third parties

Every time I want to play a game? No.

Granted, the ad was for an upcoming TV series, and it's a free app, but that's still not the small banner ads I usually see in free apps.. not that I mind much. These things cost money to develop, and there's an implicit agreement that takes place when you purchase that you might be advertised to.

The Zune does have a marketplace, right? So is it clear this is a Microsoft app that's ad-supported? Hate to jump the gun on that one.

If I get to the point where I play a game every day (and therefore have to see an ad every day), then I should probably think about buying an ad-free version of it.

I think this is an interesting question. If I had to watch a commercial before opening an email client or web browser or an app I just needed some quick info from (1Password, Car Minder, Balance, etc.) I would be super frustrated! But a quick ad like that one before opening up a game isn't so bad. I think I could deal with that.

If I like something I will buy it. I have very few free apps on my iPod touch. I get the lite versions of apps to try them out first, and if I like the trial I buy the app shortly afterwords.

I agree with you Rene - I like the opportunity to play the games for free, but at the same time, I want to play a game when I launch it and not 30 seconds later. With that said, i would like to see a free with commercials and a paid version. I think this would be a win-win situation.