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Originally posted by Chrissy
these 'extra' Plus! sites make Messenger Plus! look bad.
It's labelled as dangerous and dodgy by a lot of people/companies. Making sites like this is just going to make things a hell of a lot worse.
This is the alternative to CiD popups though, which is the real reason why Plus! is being "labelled as dangerous and dodgy by a lot of people/companies".
CiD was a company nobody ever heard of, which (if you chose to install the sponsor) would pop up pure advertisements randomly while you were browsing the internet.
PlusGames is powered by
Come2Play and the toolbar is powered by
Conduit. Both are legit companies, with funding by external investors, and known and used by many other respected companies. Unlike CiD if Come2Play/Conduit are doing dodgy things we'll know who is responsible and they'll be more motivated to do something about it since they investors and other customers to think about too while CiD as an anonymous company didn't have a reputation to care about.
It's not perfect, and certainly a work in progress. But I prefer this method over CiD. I think it can go somewhere if people can voice their criticism in a constructive way, and Yuna (and their partners) are willing to listen and take action on real issues. Perhaps using this over CiD Plus! can eventually even get rid of the label put on by certain companies. Does Meebo have a bad label for using Come2Play? Does TechCrunch have a bad label for
having a Conduit toolbar?
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Originally posted by Chrissy
Especially when they have the right to give our personal details to to other companies for marketing purposes.
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Originally posted by Privacy Policy
Our database of personal details (however we collect these details) is used by us, and third parties acting on our behalf, for administration and marketing related purposes. We can sell..
Where did you get that from? Can't find it in the
PlusGames policy, neither in the one of Messenger Plus! itself (available in the Plus! installer) or
the one of the toolbar.
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