Hi folks,
GAOTD used to have a SIMPLER Activation format for programs ... a Text file attached with a "Activation Key" that user can enter and the product was ready to use.
With the new Format of Activation ... one HAS TO BE ONLINE to get activated. I guess that is so Info can be gathered on the person Activating a program. I might be paranoid ... but I guess Privacy nowadays should be worth something.
CAN WE GO BACK to the old way fo doing business!?!?!?
Thanks,
G!
Hallo gonwk
please tell me which business you are talking about ?
Yours: getting a gift?
Or the business of GOTD: paying the developer for a product that you get for free?
Maintaining this site with a lot of gratis information, a lot of other freeware and a lot of fun, is that your business or is it the work of the GOTD team?
And don't forget all the volunteers, without them this work would not have become reality. BuBBy as Administrator and Lee as Moderator are best known for us, but they have several "team-mates".
To which time do you refer when you want have back the "old way" ? I get my giveaway of the day since more than a year; I can not remember an offline activation.
I don't think it is an unreasonable demand to register the give-away-programs online, even with an email address requested.
graylox
and the key wrappers have always required online access. so far as I can tell, it just confirms with the web server that it's being run on the right day. aside from a few suppliers [very few] setting up a register-get-a-key page, no emails, etc.
what program you talking about?
As in Flex GIF Animator, LMAO!!!!!!
Suki
there's always a good/bad example handy, isn't there- Mamutu vs 3D Flash Menu Builder?
Bob
Essentially the requirement for an internet connection has always been required only for two things.
1. To actually download the giveaway software.
2. To verify the setup or activation is being being run prior to the Giveaway expiry.
Thats all - the paranoid privacy information gathering conspiracy on behalf of the GOTD team I believe is unfounded.
However for the rare individual giveaway authors who require an email address or contact details to be provided before providing a setup code - I suggest using fictional details or temporary email account. History has shown some giveaway developers have less respect for your privacy than GOTD has.
Generally speaking - Downloading and installing giveaway software requires no personal information or contact details to be provided.
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