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Surely that can be abused? What could this group have possibly pivoted from? http://www.installmonetizer.com/AT_aboutus.php http://www.installmonetizer.com/AT_a

• rdl 14y ago
  I actually think there's a lot of legitimate room in the "help developers make money" space. There are also a lot of ways to do it as a scam. I don't know the specifics of this company at all. If they pitched to YC as "we're building something to help developers make money, which is a problem due to ...", that's potentially legitimate. Desktop ads are clearly ok; PPI generally not ok. I think you could even do PPI in a decent way. e.g. if I were installing a developer tool and got a "get 3 months of free developer VPN/backup/design/whatever service" offer as well via "click here to install", I wouldn't feel cheated or scammed. Toolbars and AV clearly are generally scams, but there are businesses which involve signup or client software installation which have high enough LTV to justify this channel. I think a YC and silicon valley funded company who was doing this kind of thing would be a lot more likely to go the legit route than someone who came from the spam world. I'm definitely more inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt as another YC person, but mostly because I have no idea if they're good or bad based on what I've seen from them.
• namdnay 14y ago
  Funny, the site is blocked at my office: "Malicious Sources;Scam/Questionable/Illegal"....