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• MauranKilom 5y ago
  I'm failing to find any ads at all on their site. I tried to follow every possible path from getpaint.net to a download and couldn't find a single ad (ublock etc. disabled ofc). Takes more clicks than really necessary, but I don't see any way to download the wrong thing. The only thing "objectionable" (scare quotes intended) is that the version available on the Microsoft store is paid even though the software is freely available. I believe they aren't even allowed to reference the fact that it's free elsewhere on the MS store page. Certainly a weird situation, but not something I'd lose sleep over either tbh. Edit: Oh, and of course certain cites (e.g. chip.de) out-SEO the real site to peddle their own version of it. And, who would have thought, Windows Defender immediately barks that the chip.de version is trojan-riddled...
  • sedatk 5y ago
    I intentionally chose the store version to support the creator, and the convenience of having it on MS Store. Paint.NET is well-worth the money.
  • kuroguro 5y ago
    It doesn't seem to be as bad now, but there are definitely ads there. IIRC to download the desktop version you have to click trough 3 pages, and each used to have at least one ad only saying "download now" that looked like a convincing button. _edit_ Example, every page used to look like that for years: https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/25741-fake-download-links-on-httpgetpaintnet/ https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/25741-fake-download-links-...
  • tyingq 5y ago
    The getpaint.net site did USED TO be riddled with ads pretending to be download buttons.
• ziml77 5y ago
  I don't see any misleading links at all. It takes more clicks than it should to actually get to the download, but there was nothing malicious on any of the pages.