I posted this to gw-apps yesterday. I hope it helps clears up any confusion.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: A Word about GWConnect Ads
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 10:46:27 -0400
From: Aaron Smith <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
Organization: GW Micro, Inc.
To: [email protected]
You know the very first thing I see when I log into Facebook?
"About Ads: Ever wonder how Facebook makes money? Get the Details"
You can't pay to get rid of Facebook ads, either. You use Facebook, you
get ads. Period.
Twitter, the medium on which we were originally bashed for including ads
when GWConnect was first released, is itself riddled with ads. Companies
pay for "promoted trends" which are the same things as ads that show up
when you search. Do a google search, get ads. There is a ton of ad based
marketing that goes on the majority of websites that you visit, in the
spam you receive, in the ads in between TV shows, in the theater before
a movie. Billboards on the highway, inserts in magazines. Open the
Sunday paper, and enough advertising will fall out to drown your cat.
The capitalist society we live in, like it or not, thrives on
advertising. The real issue is that, until GWConnect, the visually
impaired community hasn't had to deal with its intrusiveness like
sighted people do. The ads are not going away; they're beneficial to the
advertisers, and those who are interested in the content.
So, there are four ways to use GWConnect:
1. Use the free/ad-based GWConnect, accepting that you will occasionally
hear audio ads.
2. Purchase an ad-free subscription to GWConnect.
3. Purchase a copy of Window-Eyes, which will remove all ads.
If none of those options are for you, there's the fourth option: don't
use GWConnect. The official Skype client is available at
http://www.skype.com/go/getskype.
While the medium we decide to use to distribute ad content is solely up
to us, I will agree with one ad-gripe: the audio should be normalized
amongst all of the audio ads. When an ads starts playing, it shouldn't
cause you to fall out of your chair due to its volume. I think we can do
better in that area.
Thanks,
Aaron
On 8/8/2013 5:19 PM, music fan 1977 wrote:
I don't mind the text adds on gw connect, because i just hit the
control key to silence them, but I must object to the use of the voice
adds which cannot be silenced, and, honestly, i find them erie.
Solution: I removed gw connect, and am using the regular client.
Thanks.
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