I read about this on Slashdot yesterday and thought the exact same thing. What is EA thinking here... It's bad enough that they want to advertise in a game that I've already paid for, but then they install mandatory spyware to help? How do they justify it to themselves? Are they really cutting the price so much that they need targeted ads? Or do they think this will deliver the revenue of continuing monthly subscriptions, without making customers consciously choose to continue paying?
They probably think that gamers don't care too much about privacy issues, and they might be right, but they forget how much time people spend fighting spyware. Just having the word associated with the game will destroy sales.
Remember, if you torrent it, wait for the cracked, non-spyware version. :-D
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Date: 2006-10-18 02:55 pm (UTC)They probably think that gamers don't care too much about privacy issues, and they might be right, but they forget how much time people spend fighting spyware. Just having the word associated with the game will destroy sales.
Remember, if you torrent it, wait for the cracked, non-spyware version. :-D