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RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus!
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Originally posted by Guido
That's all and great, but what's your solution? Removing the sponsor? Replacing it with an ad banner in the preferences panel? That would:

a) increase Plus popularity significantly
b) decrease Patchou's income completely or significantly
c) make features such as the one you mention, sound emotions, financially inviable. They are not free to run.

I don't have one solution that i can give that would increase Plus's! popularity while increasing Patchou's income and allowing more expensive features to remain. Its a tricky situation ;)

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

This is just the same as the fact that I never was (and never will be) a big supporter of direct download/mirror links to software on unofficial sites but rather direct links to informative official sites where the user has all the crucial info he needs...

Very good point Cookie :P, i understand what you mean in that regard. But even though more people are becomming aware about the effects of spyware not everyone will therefore distinguish Plus as being
A) Optional &
B) A unevasive sponsor which is easily uninstalled.

Some people will do the opposite and start categorising everything remotely near spyware as it. You must know this as you hear it on the forums all the time, its reoccurent - its not going to stop as people learn more about spyware. Sure theres going to be a large amount of people that will finally understand that Plus! does not damage your system. But theres also going to be people that will falsely accuse Plus! of being malacious as the issue of spyware increases.

An example of this is my grandmother, i go to her house and try and help her with her computer and half my software i can't even install because it might be spyware and might delete all her thousands of photos! She hears anything on trusted sources and then takes it a step further and believes that anything remotely near spyware (optional sponors) is not good!

Nice discussion we have going here though, you can see the whole arugment from multiple sides :)
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Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Zephyr on 04-29-2005 at 12:35 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Tourist on 04-29-2005 at 12:46 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Zephyr on 04-29-2005 at 12:49 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by surfichris on 04-29-2005 at 01:48 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by XM4ST3RX on 04-29-2005 at 02:29 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by absorbation on 04-29-2005 at 02:58 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by M73A on 04-29-2005 at 03:22 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Millenium_edition on 04-29-2005 at 03:25 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by user27089 on 04-29-2005 at 03:41 PM
RE: RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by alewington on 05-05-2005 at 01:20 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Millenium_edition on 04-29-2005 at 03:46 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by user27089 on 04-29-2005 at 03:51 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by ~INVASION~ on 04-29-2005 at 03:55 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by The Napster on 04-29-2005 at 04:12 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by user27089 on 04-29-2005 at 04:14 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Guido on 04-29-2005 at 05:16 PM
RE: RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Hank on 04-30-2005 at 04:49 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by .Roy on 04-29-2005 at 05:41 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Guido on 04-29-2005 at 06:05 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by absorbation on 04-29-2005 at 07:05 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by vashnik on 04-29-2005 at 08:39 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by .Roy on 04-29-2005 at 08:42 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Millenium_edition on 04-29-2005 at 08:46 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by c00ly on 04-29-2005 at 09:40 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by war59312 on 04-30-2005 at 03:22 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by -rafy- on 04-30-2005 at 03:25 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Chestah on 04-30-2005 at 05:56 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Hank on 04-30-2005 at 06:11 AM
RE: RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Anubis on 04-30-2005 at 07:49 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by -rafy- on 04-30-2005 at 08:13 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Poom on 04-30-2005 at 08:16 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by user35870 on 04-30-2005 at 08:16 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by -rafy- on 04-30-2005 at 08:24 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by .Roy on 04-30-2005 at 08:27 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Anubis on 04-30-2005 at 09:11 AM
RE: RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by -rafy- on 04-30-2005 at 09:36 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Chrono on 04-30-2005 at 09:31 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Chestah on 04-30-2005 at 12:22 PM
RE: RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by CookieRevised on 04-30-2005 at 02:57 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Sjoerd_ on 04-30-2005 at 12:27 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by -rafy- on 04-30-2005 at 12:36 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Dempsey on 04-30-2005 at 04:38 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Anubis on 04-30-2005 at 04:59 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Guido on 04-30-2005 at 06:22 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Chris4 on 04-30-2005 at 11:34 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Chestah on 05-01-2005 at 02:10 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by -rafy- on 05-01-2005 at 02:19 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Chestah on 05-01-2005 at 02:24 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Hank on 05-01-2005 at 03:06 AM
RE: RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by CookieRevised on 05-01-2005 at 12:07 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Guido on 05-01-2005 at 05:36 PM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Chestah on 05-02-2005 at 06:34 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Patchou on 05-05-2005 at 12:01 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Menthix on 05-05-2005 at 12:19 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by XM4ST3RX on 05-05-2005 at 12:20 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by CookieRevised on 05-05-2005 at 01:46 AM
RE: Download.com bans Messenger Plus! - by Chestah on 05-05-2005 at 10:21 AM


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