Shoutbox

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Originally posted by Turge
I'm not sure I understand why you don't remove the checkmark to install the sponsor by default. If people support the Plus, and they don't mind having their OS hijacked by one of the most offensive programs out there, they could always put the checkmark themselves and install it. (From what I understand, a lot of users who support Plus won't even attempt this!)

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Does he really need to?? There's a whole forum here explaining it to ten people a day. There's a huge licence agreement (which you skipped past because of what...?)

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From what I have seen so far, the sponsor program is something that is OFFENSIVE. If I included a default option to "Format C: drive" in my install but explained what would happen if the user did not unselect it, I think I would have to take some sort of responsibility for any formatted HDs.

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Tiny bit unfair? Patchou is not formatting your hard drive. He's not even giving you spyware (which, when you think about it, is pretty pathetic anyway). He's giving you the option to install ADWARE. It's harmless and you should've read the licence agreement.

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At first glance, your sponsor install screen looks like a regular agreement. Who here has never clicked NEXT NEXT NEXT FINISH to install a software without reading the license agreement?

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I don't read the stupid things anyway, but I do glance at them. Besides, why would Patchou (an individual developer, not in a company) want to license his (completely free) software?

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I'm glad these users are voicing their discontent with the sponsor program, and the way it was implemented. It prevents users like me from being tricked to install something I don't want by taking advantage of the users' trust. Wasn't Kazaa guilty of this last year?

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Now this is where the people who like to think they know about computers speak out.

Kazaa is rubbish. Kazaa is littered with spyware and trojans. But Kazaa is NOT TECHNICALLY ILLEGAL. It doesn't involve any files stored on some server somewhere. It's simply users swapping files. So it's the users that are doing illegal things. (Also, I'm inclined to mention, there is a spyware-free version which also has about ten other features at http://www.k-lite.tk.)

Plus is not rubbish. Plus has adware, which is optional. Plus is not illegal either, it doesn't involve any illegal action, and no other software can match it.

So why does it take advantage of the users' trust? What the hell is the point of coming on here and complaining? You're saying "I didn't read the licence agreement, it's your fault! I want this sorted out!" Once it's put that way, does it sound fair to you?