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Thanks for pointing that out Fatboy. I didn't realise at the time but now understand that what you've said is factual.
So I'm sure that while what you say is quite correct, the reason for my disgust with McAfee's marketing method was the fact that they didn't make that point clear in the promotional "offers" they kept on sending me before my trial expired.
Yes, as I posted to Devonwoody a while back, I'm sure that these facts are there "hidden" somewhere in the fine print, but quite honestly I don't usually bother to wade through all that stuff before agreeing to down load their stuff - Do you? Does anybody? My understanding is that VERY few people do actually bother.
So one could quite reasonably say that it's my own fault for getting tricked, and I do agree with that. But I'm pretty sure that these "sharp" marketing practices do depend very much on most (all?) vendors assuming that most people are not bothering to read the Ts & Cs properly.
So "caveat emptor"? Yes certainly.
But there are other sayings too - to quote just one: "Make a fool of me once, shame on you. Make a fool of me twice, shame on me".
In short I still regard such practices (without making it clear exactly what's happening) as "sharp". Hence my decision to stop dealing with McAfee, and never to deal with them again.
Over-reaction on my part? Probably, but I'm the customer, and if I had not (eventually) found out about that "trick" I would have happily renewed again with McAfee.
Even better now, the MS Defender seems to be working fine and it's free! So once again, "up yours McAfee"! Who's really "won" here I wonder?
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So I'm sure that while what you say is quite correct, the reason for my disgust with McAfee's marketing method was the fact that they didn't make that point clear in the promotional "offers" they kept on sending me before my trial expired.
Yes, as I posted to Devonwoody a while back, I'm sure that these facts are there "hidden" somewhere in the fine print, but quite honestly I don't usually bother to wade through all that stuff before agreeing to down load their stuff - Do you? Does anybody? My understanding is that VERY few people do actually bother.
So one could quite reasonably say that it's my own fault for getting tricked, and I do agree with that. But I'm pretty sure that these "sharp" marketing practices do depend very much on most (all?) vendors assuming that most people are not bothering to read the Ts & Cs properly.
So "caveat emptor"? Yes certainly.
But there are other sayings too - to quote just one: "Make a fool of me once, shame on you. Make a fool of me twice, shame on me".
In short I still regard such practices (without making it clear exactly what's happening) as "sharp". Hence my decision to stop dealing with McAfee, and never to deal with them again.
Over-reaction on my part? Probably, but I'm the customer, and if I had not (eventually) found out about that "trick" I would have happily renewed again with McAfee.
Even better now, the MS Defender seems to be working fine and it's free! So once again, "up yours McAfee"! Who's really "won" here I wonder?
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