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Originally Posted by Chimmy
Tell ya what. Go find a pop-up ad for smileys or any of the other ad-supported software. Then read through the couple thousand words located on the discloser statement. You will actually find a couple of interesting statements. Although you will have to look really really hard. One usually includes coolwwwsearch as one of the 'included" goodies, and some of those other fun little 'harmless' tidbits.
Or go read any of the knowledge bases of the respected adware /spyware removal companies. Those little extras are anything but easy to remove.
But again, this post is taking a severe segway. My point was and is, companies are taking a stance against companies that support ad supported software. And it looks like that stance is taking a tole on some of the industry members. And it is at that point that I again resume my dance of joy.
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Dude.. I already know about Claria. It's the first thing i did when i saw those smiley ads everyfucking where... I went and found out how they were paying for the blanket advertising and generating revenue.. although I didn't think Claria used coolwwwsearch.. they have paid $25k campaigns to reach their install base.
But yeah.. you still wouldn't find me downloading them. It's just a shame to see a blanket ban when the revenue generation model has some merit if not abused.