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Originally posted by punkworld
I personally think the dialer-bashing is partly nonsense. Many people are paying huge rates for phone sex, and they do that completely voluntarily. They dial up the number themselves, and choose to pay that much money.
Now, some people don't have creditcards, don't want to give out their personal details to porn-related companies or are afraid of fraud with their creditcards.
Shouldn't they have the option of paying in a different way than with a cc as well?
On my Dutch sites I use dialers, which very clearly state the price ($1/min) before people click on the "download & dial" button. These dialers are not autoloading, ofcourse.
Now what exactly is wrong with that? These people make the choice to pay that much, and many even return many times (most often for 10-30 minutes per "session").
Ofcourse, autoloading dialers are a completely different matter. People I find using them usually make it to all my blacklists in about 10 seconds. Using autoloading dialers is like mugging your visitors - they don't have any choice in the matter and are forced to give their money.
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1. Websites are not phone sex. There is someone on the other end of phone sex, being paid for their time. It is an interactive experience with another person. (Sure, not the person you think it is... but hey...) To charge by the minute for a static site is on crack.
2. If you don't have a CC, or don't want to use one, or whatever, then 1-900 is fine... but not a dialer. Just use a 1-900 program that takes a set fee for the month.
3. Pay by minute plays on the ignorance, stupidity, and short-sightedness of the customer. It isn't cool.