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• Member since: November 13, 2008

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• WEB 2.0
  The current Web 2.0 paradigm
  makes your online usage activity highly trackable,
  if not to the planet, then at least to the web-based software vendor
  that you're paying $30.00 a month.
  
  ACTIVITY
  The current vibe is that such logging of activity is okay for the Web 2.0 world to be successful;
  the activity helps (every?) online software vendors to capitalize on popular features,
  which results in better software for everyone, right?
  
  MARKETING
  As such, I think Open Candy and marketing initiatives like this are okay, too.
  For instance, a spellchecking software I recently downloaded
  prompted me to also download relevant dictionary files from a different vendor;
  this is the same idea, yes?
  
  I feel the rule of thumb needs to be that "like attracts like."
  $30/month software should prompt you to buy similarly priced
  (and/or more affordable) software.
  
  Thoughts? In reply to: "OpenCandy brings ad market to software installs. What?"

  November 13, 2008

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