Shoutbox

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Originally posted by mess.be

CNET Download.com, world's most popular download site, on Thursday banned all software titles bundled with adware. The step was taken based on visitor's letters, user reviews, and polls, which all showed a strong disliking towards software bundled with adware.

The move affected only a tiny percentage, about 600, of the site's programs. Included in the banishment is Messenger Plus!, which clearly demonstrates the zero-tolerance policy towards all bundled adware, even though "it's optional"

Our own CustoMess software for MSN Messenger 7 is, of course, still available at CNET Downoad.com because it really is free and free of crap.

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Just saw this on mess.be. It really does show how much people are against bundled adware even though the program is amazing.

It's understandable, Plus! carries Adware.. I'm sure it won't make a difference to the dowload traffic for Plus!

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Originally posted by Tourist
It's understandable, Plus! carries Adware.. I'm sure it won't make a difference to the dowload traffic for Plus!

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I'm sure it won't as all the people i know only download it from msgplus.net. It's just annoying that some people have such a bad view of plus! because of the sponsor.

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Originally posted by Tourist
It's understandable, Plus! carries Adware.. I'm sure it won't make a difference to the dowload traffic for Plus!

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However, download.com is where a lot of new people come from who are looking for new programs and such -it's now a globally recognised site.

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Originally posted by monster.rat
I'm sure it won't as all the people i know only download it from msgplus.net

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Exactly, people you know who know where to get it and know what it is. New users who are looking for an addon to messenger or such looking on download.com may not be able to find it.

Hi,

Download.com bad move... they should have kept programs with OPTIONAL adware, like Plus!


Kind Regards,
XM4ST3RX

Real bad move they will lose money and it tells you if a program contains adware or not in there description of the program

meh, downloading it from download.com shouldn't happen imo messenger plus! download it from the msgplus.net webpage...duh

are you all missing the point that internet newbies will just type in www.download.com and type in "msn messenger" to find some fun stuff? getting removed from there decreases popularity by far... of course, it's not like it's a BIG drop for msgplus, but for other, less popular applications, this is important.

it still represents a large number of users

Maybe all of us should complain to download.com, I can't see why they should remove programs that are bundled with optional adware...

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Originally posted by traxor
Maybe all of us should complain to download.com, I can't see why they should remove programs that are bundled with optional adware...

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because they are still bundled with adware... it's not because it's optional & because we love msgplus that they're going to make an exception...