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Ad Muncher On Sale at Bits duJor Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Steven Avery:
Hi Folks,
Recently I set up the Hosts File system, with HPHosts, and then Hostman for the on-off and flexibility.
I realize that AdMuncher is more flexible and can be tailored, but I am not sure that it is worth the extra effort. I tried it on MajorGeeks with unclear results (turning on and off) and even managed to crash Firefox.
Does anybody see running both sides of this as redundant or complementary ? If only one, which one ?
I don't really have a major problem with ads, mostly the screen drawing time they take.
The design is solid and sensible if a bit stodgy, like WinPatrol, when I downloaded I didn't even notice the whole Premium or not aspect .. so now I check the website.
Most of my browsing is Firefox, since I still never get happy with the Opera search and tabs (Linkman seems to work now) so that is another aspect. I didn't expect the financial aspects of an ad block program to require a math degree and sharp eyes.
Shalom,
Steven
superboyac:
What's worse is that I have an existing license that will expire once v5 comes out. But i get no break on the lifetime license. I have to buy the lifetime license as if I was buying the program for the first time. I have to pay for a license plus the lifetime. I don't think that is fair.
-superboyac (March 31, 2010, 07:39 PM)
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All that being said, I emailed the developers and they are very responsive and quickly modified my license to be upgradeable. So that is not bad at all!
Innuendo:
I;m concerned that the dev have been promising 64bit and gzip for quite some time. He says it will be in a version, then that version comes and goes, and the feature is no where to be found. I like what the program does, and I am considering the lifetime license, but this makes me wary.-cthorpe (March 31, 2010, 02:35 PM)
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The first time the author promised gzip would be in the next version of the software he had to rush a version out that worked with Vista's UAC. Everyone was upset that he rushed out a version so it would work with Vista & it didn't have gzip functionality.
After that fiasco, the author would only promise that gzip functionality would be in before v5. Count me in as one of the people wanting gzip & 64-bit functionality, though. A third programmer has been hired to work on the program a few months ago so hopefully things will progress more quickly once the new guy is up to speed.
Innuendo:
I don't think it's right because when people go buy software like this that has updating involved (think anti-virus software) it's usually one total price that they are presented with. For example, if I want to buy Kaspersky I have the following options:
--$50 for one year of updates
--$90 for two years
--$120 for three years
-superboyac (March 31, 2010, 07:32 PM)
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I love Ad Muncher...but my perspective is coming from someone who bought it 'back in the day' when less than $20 got me a lifetime license. It's still the best & most configurable ad-blocking program available today & I've seen signatures updated up to 8 times in one day, but I don't know if I'd pay $80 to get the functionality I have now.
On the subject of AV programs, these 'nickel and dime me to death' pricing structures is also why I jumped on a deal a year or so ago to buy a security suite for one flat price with lifetime updates as well.
superboyac:
I don't think it's right because when people go buy software like this that has updating involved (think anti-virus software) it's usually one total price that they are presented with. For example, if I want to buy Kaspersky I have the following options:
--$50 for one year of updates
--$90 for two years
--$120 for three years
-superboyac (March 31, 2010, 07:32 PM)
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I love Ad Muncher...but my perspective is coming from someone who bought it 'back in the day' when less than $20 got me a lifetime license. It's still the best & most configurable ad-blocking program available today & I've seen signatures updated up to 8 times in one day, but I don't know if I'd pay $80 to get the functionality I have now.
On the subject of AV programs, these 'nickel and dime me to death' pricing structures is also why I jumped on a deal a year or so ago to buy a security suite for one flat price with lifetime updates as well.
-Innuendo (April 01, 2010, 08:58 AM)
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Yeah, i wish I had bought it back then also. Just out of curiosity, which security suite were you able to get a lifetime license for? That's a great deal.
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