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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Exact same threads have been made in the past with exact the same question. Either they resulted in flaming and insults, or either they didn't solve a thing (other than chit chatting and repeating which has already been said several times).
then let's keep this one clean
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As for "someone will eventually make an msn messenger addon without a sponsor like Plus!". Again, strong words but in practice I still need to see the first addon that will even come close to Messenger Plus!, let alone one without any sponsors. The only thing that can be compared with Plus! in this field is Messenger Discovery X and even that has sponsors, but doesn't even comes close to Messenger Plus!. People don't know how tough it is to make something like Messenger Plus!, until they try it themselfs and then realize they are busy with it 24/7 and either need to quit it or either quit their job...
exactly what i was about to say... except that SPNG as standalone would be the only concurrence
now, i have to say that this would be a very good argument against the sponsor, but it's a bit unfortunate that this one doesn't hog shitloads of resources (compared to the other adware programs, and yes i know what i'm talking about). plus, the bandwidth consumed by the sponsor is not an issue, since it just downloads a little bit of information about the ads and then displays the ads itself.
now, on another note, the sponsor comes from a trustworthy source and i can assure you it is as light as possible (except for the few ads and the toolbar). (i have to ask you to not question me on that)
