The true spirit of adware....

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Vegard said:
Adware, Should I be Afraid?
http://www.small-business-software.net/truth-about-spyware.htm

Interesting article.

BTW: I don't agree, just giving the link.

regards from
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Thanks Vegard,

Please note the second part in de web address... a dead give-away!

IMO Sharon should restrict herself to writing about "alphanumeric
paging" and leave spyware/adware to those who understand it nature.

I've seen enough f**ked up systems by the misc. adware/spyware brands
that it would last for a lifetime. Perhaps we can offer her a program
with CoolWeb Search in it? Would love to hear her opinion on the
subject after the system has been cleaned again ;D

Dick
 
Vegard said:
Adware, Should I be Afraid?
http://www.small-business-software.net/truth-about-spyware.htm

Interesting article. BTW: I don't agree, just giving the link.
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Right at the start, Sharon Housley talks about "monetizing freeware".
If you do, it's simply no longer freeware. Period. As for this remark:

"Some developers opt to insert static (not changing) ads for other
applications in their product line, into free versions, but these ads
do not change and there is no record of what ads are clicked."

I still call it adware, dynamic or static it doesn't matter.
Advertising is advertising.

--
Regards from John Corliss
No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware,
nagware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses
or warez please.
Just a reminder to everybody: because Andy Mabbett is stalking me in
this group, I have him killfiled.
 
John Corliss said:
Sharon Housley talks about "monetizing freeware". If you do, it's
simply no longer freeware. Period. As for this remark:

"Some developers opt to insert static (not changing) ads for other
applications in their product line, into free versions, but these ads
do not change and there is no record of what ads are clicked."

I still call it adware
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You're still clueless.
 
John said:
Right at the start, Sharon Housley talks about "monetizing freeware".
If you do, it's simply no longer freeware. Period. As for this remark:

"Some developers opt to insert static (not changing) ads for other
applications in their product line, into free versions, but these ads
do not change and there is no record of what ads are clicked."

I still call it adware, dynamic or static it doesn't matter.
Advertising is advertising.
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John,

With all due respect... there is IMO a huge difference between adware
that contains some BMP that points to a professional (more extended)
version of the program, or to other software made by the
authors/company, and the adware that is collecting data on your surf
habits, sending them (possibly with your eMail address and other
personal data it can find) to the adware delivering companies (aka
spyware). As you may recall, I have made that difference from the
beginning, way back in the days of the ACF SpywareList, and that hasn't
changed over the years!

John, if the program is free, and there are no hidden routines in the
program that will perform actions that you may not expect from the
program, then IMHO - even when it contains a static advert in the main
screen - it still is freeware to me.

I think that limiting yourself that way will cut out quite a number of
good programs for you!

BTW: Sharon also writes that spyware shouldn't be targeted by
anti-virus software.... I differ in opinion with her (as on many counts
regarding that piece): The way modern spyware routines are acting
nowadays, comes very close to the definition of a trojan... a valid
target for AV-software.

Regards
Dick
 
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