corleone1 opened this issue on Mar 25, 2008 ยท 285 posts
Penguinisto posted Sun, 30 March 2008 at 12:57 PM
Quote - > Quote - What i am really surprised at is ...why daz did not buy poser since it was on sale?
Assuming that's even a possiblity (no idea there, personally) I think it very probable that Smith Micro did not look too hard at the price, they just bought for the sake of growth.
...and this little page (for Stuffit Expander) doesn't exactly inspire confidence in what they may end up doing with Poser, either.
Note the no immediate opt-out option on their cute little spam-a-thon "agreement" on the page... you either join their little spam list, or you're stuck without a download. So... where's the "opt-out" page on their website? It took a bit, but it's here (in case you're curious). Funny thing is, I went to unsubscribe, and my addy isn't on the mailing list (yet, I suppose).
So... the delay I suppose is to help you forget you've signed up, until you start getting spammed. Of course, you can email them (cs@smithmicro.com w/ the subject "Please Unsubscribe"), or they provide a physical address (like I'm going to spend $0.49 on an unsubscribe request when I shouldn't have been subscribed in the first place? WTF?)
Anyrate, rant over... I just hope they don't hammer Poser with that (IMHO) spammer's mentality.
/P