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What the hell is OpenCandy?
vlastimil:
I got an offer from OpenCandy few months ago, turned it down and then I got a second email with some more arguments why to join. I was to lazy to reply to that.
The offer did not sound bad, they presented the system as innovative and dynamic, with the software author being in control of the ads shown. I can see why some developers would choose to try it. I am not sure if it is better or worse than having a fixed adware, like those toolbars or java. So many companies are gathering information about people that I have given up getting angry whenever a new company joins that crazy race.
Adware is like fruits. "User" eats the apple and then spread the seeds - that's the deal. Unless you don't eat the seeds. Some fruits are smart, some are dumb. The same applies to fruit eaters ;-). Is there a place for good and evil? I think not.
Clara Listensprechen:
My policy: u want me to spread ur seeds, u pay me. Period. I spread seeds for no one.
Renegade:
ok here is my bet, I am putting my 100$ if anyone wants to bet on it.
I am %100$ sure that in 2 years OC will become an application that will try to install hidden stuff and spy on your download-installation activity. If anyone wants to bet I am accepting bets. Since we do not want to gamble lets keep the amount not more than 100$.
-kartal (May 17, 2009, 01:05 AM)
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* scancode puts $25 against Kartal-scancode (September 30, 2009, 05:03 PM)
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Looks like scannie owes kartal 25 bucks.
-Josh (February 26, 2011, 10:04 AM)
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Hold off on paying that bet for now...
It sounds like we've got a false positive on our hands here.
http://www.opencandy.com/2011/03/04/the-story-behind-the-opencandy-and-microsoft-adware-debacle/
Namely, one individual OpenCandy partner (out of hundreds) appears to have been mistakenly missing an End User License Agreement (EULA) in their installer. This means that any consumer installing this specific partner’s software did not agree to OpenCandy’s transmission and collection of anonymous information (used for purposes of making a software recommendation).
Ok, a mistake. A mistake on the part of our partner and a mistake by us for not having the right process in place to catch that the EULA had been removed after it had passed our compliance process. The partner has since added their EULA.
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False positives for software authors are akin to burning someone at the stake, then half way through, deciding to douse the flames.
The security vendors are witch-hunters and inquisitors. Sure, there are witches out there, but they just don't seem to care if they burn a few people along with the witches.
In any event, I'm looking at OpenCandy right now to help fund development at a site I'm working on.
From what I've read so far, OpenCandy seems to be a decent company. There will always be people that don't like any method at all for software to make money. I suppose that they'll just need to find some other software that they like. The OpenCandy offerings seem to be pretty fair from what I can see.
Incidentally, I found this:
http://www.pokki.com/
Owned by OpenCandy. It looks quite interesting, so I'm looking into it as well.
Renegade:
Downloading the Pokki SDK now. :) The Pokki blog is here: http://blog.pokki.com/
Renegade:
And a Forbes article about OpenCandy:
http://blogs.forbes.com/tomtaulli/2011/02/23/opencandy-the-power-of-the-team/
Not much there, but a little taste of OpenCandy. :P
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