I really don't understand why this industry allows itself to be dominated by 2 companies, both of whom release a product with encrypted code, and both of whom have shown a propensity to dictate their will on people that use their software?
I have never seen anything like it.
NATS thinks a program is shaving, BAM pull their license and for all intents and purposes put them out of business to "protect the affiliates".
MPA3 thinks a financial services firm is crappy, BAM stop allowing people that use their software to do business with them, to "protect their clients".
What ever happened to companies actually being able to make their OWN business decisions, without being dictated to by a third party software company?
Why couldn't affiliates decide if they wanted to do business with the company NATS thought was shaving?
Why couldn't affiliate programs decide if they think Segpay is trustworthy or not for themselves?
You want to talk about one of the REAL weaknesses in this industry, relying on 3rd party ENCRYPTED scripts to make or break your business, is retarded.
I can't imagine why anyone would want Oystein or John making strategic decisions for their companies, when all they are, is nothing more than software providers that write glorified stats programs.
I don't make predictions often, but I predict this practice will come to an end if these guys don't start releasing source, and stop trying to dictate to their clients how they can or can not run their companies.
Now, since both of these guys buy a TON of drinks for people each year, I'm sure i'll be getting it from all sides. But I'm use to being gang banged so fuck you all with a traffic cone in advance.