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November 2nd, 2006, 11:13 AM
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Re: SE5 bad reviews and problems.
Lesser of two evils, yes. A program checking the registry is common practice. I would prefer that one did not do even that, though.
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November 3rd, 2006, 12:35 AM
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Re: SE5 bad reviews and problems.
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Lesser of two evils, yes. A program checking the registry is common practice. I would prefer that one did not do even that, though.
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November 3rd, 2006, 12:38 AM
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Re: SE5 bad reviews and problems.
"What you describe is spyware; software that logs users online behavior &c."
Um, I didn't say it logs user's online behaviour. I said it *doesn't* do that. It simply sends your IP address one time when you first start the game, which is destroyed immediately.
The in-game ads is a different issue altogether, but I just wanted to make clear that this is neither adware nor spyware, especially as they are upfront with it in the first place with the leaflet inside the game box.
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November 3rd, 2006, 12:54 AM
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Re: SE5 bad reviews and problems.
The last thing I want to see when I am playing a game is an adverstisement for SHRAPNEL GAMES, popping up on some build board in the game. (No offense Shrap, but your site is like the only site I regularly visit so... it would be the site that might pop up.)
They are doing this because it is what google and now AOL do with email and web searches. YOu get an email message from someone asking you about say the Star Trek Mod and on the side I get all these advertisement about Star Trek.. WTF! If I want to search for something like that I will do it on my own. I hate the fact that my email, and now my games, are being data mined in order to force feed me advertisment. If that is the way things are going, kinda like paid tv has gone, then I WANT TO BE PAID to play!
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November 3rd, 2006, 02:16 AM
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Re: SE5 bad reviews and problems.
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Just because they admit it is adware dosen't make it not adware.
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November 3rd, 2006, 04:55 AM
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Re: SE5 bad reviews and problems.
"No offense Shrap, but your site is like the only site I regularly visit so... it would be the site that might pop up."
It's like I'm talking to a wall. I said it *doesn't* log the sites you visit. How many times can I say the same thing over and over again 
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November 3rd, 2006, 04:59 AM
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Re: SE5 bad reviews and problems.
Do you have verifiable source of evidence, or is that an anti-rumor rumor?
Even if it doesn't track sites you visit, it is still a despicable practice (ad banners in products you explicitly paid for).
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November 3rd, 2006, 05:42 PM
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Re: SE5 bad reviews and problems.
Tracking sites you visit has no bearing on whether it is adware or not. It is the simple fact of having Ads built in.
Ads + software = Adware
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November 3rd, 2006, 06:44 PM
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Re: SE5 bad reviews and problems.
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Jeku said:
"No offense Shrap, but your site is like the only site I regularly visit so... it would be the site that might pop up."
It's like I'm talking to a wall. I said it *doesn't* log the sites you visit. How many times can I say the same thing over and over again
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My bad, I wasn't refering to any comments. I was just making a facious joke. I haven't been following the posts so I didn't read yours. I was just making a generalized comment in an attempt at facious ironic humor. 
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