Over at This Is Broken, we saw this screenshot illustrating how Gateway tries to sucker your mailing address out of you for the price of 500 free music downloads.

Why would Gateway need your mailing address for a download service? Why, to sell it to junk mailers for a penny, of course! A reminder that free stuff always gets subsidized at your expense.

Promotions Gateway Web Ad [This is Broken]

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