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Originally posted by riahc4
IMO this is unfair; Patchou should be the one that removes the code for a skin to remove the ads. Some great skins will problably come out and because of hiding the ad banner they wouldnt be in the database. IMO unfair but hey; Its Patchou's software.
There's a word called respect. It's flaunted around a lot these days but less people seem to actually use or believe in it.
You claim to have beta tested Messenger for Microsoft for 5 years now. Surely you have respect for them. Surely.
Why should you have respect for the Messenger Team?
They spend months and years creating software for the masses to
freely communicate with each other.
The Ads are the main source of income for the Messenger team, same for Patchou.
A donation of all the money from clicked ads (at least for the American branch) goes towards charities (for more information research into the "I'm" emoticon)
It was Patchou's decision that Ad Removal shall not be permitted in the official skins Database out of respect for the Messenger team AND for the future of Messenger Plus!
He has stated that Microsoft could easily submit a cease and desist request or deliberately force lock out all add-ons
If you enjoy having free stable software you should respect the authors for taking their time to provide you with it. It's not a right to have software for free.
In recent times you have shown a lack of respect for software authors and this community, which saddens most of us, you need only see your reputation to see something isn't right here.
Personally I think you're stamping on thin ice recently, I suggest you think about how much effort and time people like you and I have put into creating software, tutorials, skins, scripts or anything and that it is not a right to expect compatibility and updates, the exception for this would be paid software where you sign into an agreement or contract. Even then there are exceptions and limitations.
So have some more respect for peoples opinions and wishes, and do some research into subjects before posting your own.
P.S I have a hell of a lot more respect for Sam, than I do for you riahc4, even though Sam can be the most annoying thing in the world ever, he's never rude or hurtful, I will always help him where needed (even if he keeps annoying me whilst completely re-coding his skin
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