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Originally posted by toddy
so just because its microsoft you expect them to do it for free, coz "they already have enough money" (thats bascially wot your thinkin), microsoft is a business like any other business, they aim is to make money, not lose money. so you can't expect them to provide messenger for nothing with out them having a way of makin money.
>>>Actually, it's like handing out samples; you lose money by doing so, but you drag people into the MS world. Microsoft would rather have you use their program for free than someone else's program. The money for the ads is just extra 
if they are your friends, then they will understand
>>> but how about potential friends? 
MSN is also used for meeting people you don't know yet, and stuff like this could lead to a bad start
well i totally disagree, and i think many members would agree with
me. more advanced users would probably like something like this rather then sounds, but there will be alot less advanced users. so a ver large percentage of the users will love the new feature
>>> As far as I know almost everyonethat uses MSN has used the file transfer at some time. But only a small percentage uses sounds. Like I said, it's a non-plus item so it isn't measurable. but because non-plus users also use file transfer, it's safe to say that there are MANY more people that use file transfer than sounds
not true at all, the more advanced users will know how much the stats are need to inporve the program !! and i guess that very very few people have the stats turned off
>>> Actually, I don't know anyone who has it turned on. People don't like stuff being sent over the internet without you knowing. It can cause lag n stuff 
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Jeronimo> Ithink most of my above messages already answer you, especially the part where I said that I just downloaded that file transfer plugin
Menthix> As I've said above, you have to see the bigger picture. MSN is part of something much larger, and the money generated by ads is nothing compared to what msn does for microsoft.
It doesn't mean that I don't see why the ad-disable-option is taken out, but I'm just against it
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