Perhaps you're not understanding where some of us are coming from in our criticism of the "Activation Process" of applications... therefore I'll try one more to explain...
#1: Not all of us feel COMFORTABLE divulging ANY information to companies, expecially those of us who have been victim of information fraud and it has cost us thousands upon thousands of dollars in cash, time and lost credit ability.
#2: Not all of us care to give our information to a company so that they can use it for their own marketing purposes without them compensating us in SOME capacity, be it discounts on software, etc... there thould be SOME reward for those who wish to give up their info so Adobe can make cash off ot it and it shouldn't be FORCED. It's the principle, if you know what that is.
#3: Adobe has been creating these apps for years and years, to say that they lose a LOT of money, I can't say for sure, they obviously make enough to have a BURSTING profit every year, so much so that they can continue, on a regular basis, to develop new apps or "update" existing ones.
#4: Some of us do not wish to connect certain computers to the internet, at ANY cost, as I said before, if you've ever been a victim of identity theft, you'd understand why. If not, then you have absolutely no clue and should speak to some who have to find out what they went through. With that being said, how is one to register their prestine Mac computers new SW if they don't want to connect it to the net? I, myself, have a few laptops I will NEVER connect to the net (but yet will NEED to use these apps on while travelling to clients) becuase of what I went through. So give us a fix-all for it mate, since you seem to be all-knowing.
#5: Every user or potential user has the right to feel and say what they wish with regards to this activation process.
Perhaps this will help shed some light on an obviously dim subject for you. Perhaps not, that's up to you.
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Jeffrey Lund,Perhaps you're not understanding where some of us are coming from in our criticism of the "Activation Process" of applications... therefore I'll try one more to explain...
#1: Not all of us feel COMFORTABLE divulging ANY information to companies, expecially those of us who have been victim of information fraud and it has cost us thousands upon thousands of dollars in cash, time and lost credit ability.
#2: Not all of us care to give our information to a company so that they can use it for their own marketing purposes without them compensating us in SOME capacity, be it discounts on software, etc... there thould be SOME reward for those who wish to give up their info so Adobe can make cash off ot it and it shouldn't be FORCED. It's the principle, if you know what that is.
#3: Adobe has been creating these apps for years and years, to say that they lose a LOT of money, I can't say for sure, they obviously make enough to have a BURSTING profit every year, so much so that they can continue, on a regular basis, to develop new apps or "update" existing ones.
#4: Some of us do not wish to connect certain computers to the internet, at ANY cost, as I said before, if you've ever been a victim of identity theft, you'd understand why. If not, then you have absolutely no clue and should speak to some who have to find out what they went through. With that being said, how is one to register their prestine Mac computers new SW if they don't want to connect it to the net? I, myself, have a few laptops I will NEVER connect to the net (but yet will NEED to use these apps on while travelling to clients) becuase of what I went through. So give us a fix-all for it mate, since you seem to be all-knowing.
#5: Every user or potential user has the right to feel and say what they wish with regards to this activation process.
Perhaps this will help shed some light on an obviously dim subject for you. Perhaps not, that's up to you.
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Wednesday, April 13 2005 @ 12:10 PM PDT