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It's one thing to attempt to monetize a platform, it's another completely to sell out your users and blur the lines of what's ethical. Their methods are neithe
by tobyjsullivan 13y ago
It's one thing to attempt to monetize a platform, it's another completely to sell out your users and blur the lines of what's ethical.
Their methods are neither new nor innovative. They have simply been used historically by less-than-honest organizations.
When SourceForge started monetizing by confusing their users, they opened themselves up to criticism.
- JohnTHaller 13y agoThis was a pilot program with exactly 3 out of 1/3 of a million projects. Opt in. Not a whole-hog switch of anything like, say, Download.com.