Comments on: The spyware inferno

Venture capitalist Sharon Wienbar explains why any rational discussion ultimately tends to wind up swallowed into something resembling Dante's Nine Circles of Hell.

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I wish I owned spyware.com

I wish I owned spyware.com

It's very simple

If your adware requires a process to run on my machine, it ought to be illegal, period.


I didn't ask you to watch me. You would be thrown out on your ear for standing and cataloging my purchases at the grocery store and jailed for peeking in my windows to confirm what toilet paper I use.

It's my machine, not yours. Stay the hell off of it.

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But you agreed

That's the whole point. Without reading the EULA (end user license agreement) you agreed to have it on your machine. Who do you have to complain if you AGREED to it?

Great article

good read

Its evolution...get used to it!

"Sharon Wienbar invests in consumer and enterprise software for BA Venture Partners. BA Venture Partners is not an investor in Claria."

Nor should they be because they can?t grasp the future;) BA won?t invest in popup ads?!?...are you constantly cleaning your cookies...do you guys use email...or will you forever lick stamps;)

Like ANY industry that has developed over the past centuries new technology breeds anarchy initially, then there?s a balance. The current behavioral advertising concepts are the first in a wave promising a LOOOOONG and profitable future.

Permission based adware like permission based email will be forever with us it?s a trade off SANCTIONED by the user...they give permission!!

The rules might be modified some but there will be 20 Claria's over the next 10 years.

Its unfortunate BA's clients won?t ever benefit from the promise and advantages of this technology.

BTW

Your math was a little off to Susan...Claria pays 43 cents per year per install. At a 45 Million user base thats constantly maintained thats .001 cents per install. I think they can cover that with a bundle deal and a 7 to 10 day lifecyle of upsells.