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Currently in their TOS under 'Advertisements': You agree that Disqus may include advertisements and/or content provided by Disqus and/or a third party (collect
by res0nat0r 14y ago
Currently in their TOS under 'Advertisements':
You agree that Disqus may include advertisements and/or content provided by Disqus and/or a third party (collectively “Ads”) as part of the implementation of the Service.
Now I don't know if this language was there before the change you are speaking of, but if it wasn't I'm sure included in their TOS was that you agree to them being able to amend their TOS at any time to include something like this.
- jacquesm 14y agoLet's just say that I find an opt-out change of a comment engine to an advertising tag that states that I recommend certain products and services using stealthy advertising a non negotiable move, no matter what your terms of service say.
- pifflesnort 14y agoPerhaps you should have thought of this before using a completely free "SaaS" offering? Perhaps you'll think of this next time.
- davidu 14y agoYou're entitled to this view, but if you are an entrepreneur running a free service, I'd caution you from believing it. I run a free service with 50 Million daily end users and if I made such a drastic change, users would (rightfully) be upset.
- Zak 14y agoYou seem to be focused on what Disqus has the right to do, while jacquesm is talking about user expectations and the consequences of violating them. I'm inclined to agree with him that displaying ads on the user's site without explicit opt-in is a major faux pas with the potential to destroy a company's reputation permanently.
- pifflesnort 14y agoI don't think what Disqus did was in good taste, but I do think that it's foolish to expect otherwise from a free SaaS provider.