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Limewire Gets Ads, And Accusations of Spyware

Posted by timothy on from the who-sends-what-to-whom-and-how dept.

Gerard J. Pinzone writes: "Limewire 1.8 now comes with mandatory banner ads. The reasons given by one of their developers, Christopher Rohrs, for the new ads are that 'Bandwidth alone from www.limewire.com, www.limewire.org, and router.limewire.com is around $10,000 month! And we need to pay developer's salaries--like mine--to keep driving innovation on the Gnutella network.' On top of all this, the banner ad software Limewire is using is "Cydoor". Many users are complaining that this is spyware. Here is a link to the message in the Gnutella forums where this topic is being discussed"

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  1. Fantastic. by dave-fu · · Score: 0, Troll

    They install adware to help offset the costs of bandwidth so what do you do but drive 10,000 lemmings to their site to jack the prices of bandwidth up even higher. Wonderful.
    Not that including spyware (if it is) in their product is much more salubrious, but still.

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    Easy does it!
    This comment has been submitted already, 276865 hours , 59 minutes ago. No need to try again.
  2. I am writing a new p2p with Server.net beta3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Look here.



    Let me be clear, Windows .NET Server is the single biggest Windows server release of all time. I have been blessed to have seen a Release Candidate for Beta 3 and it is truly awesome!!! I cannot believe that I can now use IM to talk to my coworkers without going through a firewall. We are now free to collaborate and communicate. I have been pounding away with Visual Studio.NET RC1 since the PDC and now with this new server code, my mind is swimming with possibilities. I am churning out code and UML documents like there is no tommorow, all based on .NET. I wish to thank Bill GAtes for the .NET vision and the MS legal team for making it a reality.

  3. Re:MSN sure has great software by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Look here.

    MSN and Microsoft rock!

    Let me be clear, Windows .NET Server is the single biggest Windows server release of all time. I have been blessed to have seen a Release Candidate for Beta 3 and it is truly awesome!!! I cannot believe that I can now use IM to talk to my coworkers without going through a firewall. We are now free to collaborate and communicate. I have been pounding away with Visual Studio.NET RC1 since the PDC and now with this new server code, my mind is swimming with possibilities. I am churning out code and UML documents like there is no tommorow, all based on .NET. I wish to thank Bill GAtes for the .NET vision and the MS legal team for making it a reality.

  4. Re:NO junk in the Mac version... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    As if you imbeciles ever needed another reason besides, "Steve Jobs told me to buy it."