Comments for Are forced upgrades a bad thing?

Comment from Mike Ashton on 2010-01-02

2010-01-02T22:22:01Z

Concerning MSN and "forced upgrades". What you aren't recognizing is that MSN is pulling the plug on its "Premium Browser" and giving us crap.
If you sign up for service from QWEST you are given MSN as your premium browser LIVE does not Qualify.
As much as you may love "LIVE" I find it annoying because of the lack of ability to turn of the annoying crap by the user. What annoyances?? MSN messenger constantly signing you in even when you have set all the preferences to not sign in.
"Quick Add" the space gobbler that does nothing but promote MS garbage that I don't use ... the old MSN version has something useful "contacts".
The (as I call it) "Network Nag" every time you send an email with LIVE up pops the NAG to ask you if you want to include this person in you network... MS give you no expanation of what it means, what does it expose you to or the people listed in your networks. and then there the New Help... IT states in the Hotmail Live help that MS understands that the user wants to fix their own problems so they basically bail on customer support and couldn't care about the feedback about the bad choices they have made for the user.
Windoze LIVE may be the future but only if they start listening!

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Comment from terry coon on 2007-09-15

2007-09-15T07:54:49Z

Rec'd notice from MS that they will convert my hotmail and msn premium (PAID) account in next two weeks if I don't convert NOW! MSN was forced on me as part of a Quest bundle. I will download their LIVE mail program on to experimental Vista machine but not on three important computers. Don't like M$ and do not trust M$.

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Comment from David Heym on 2007-09-14

2007-09-15T03:13:20Z

I upgraded to Live Hotmail early on and there were problems, e.g. only the first page would print. I don't know if it has been fixed yet. You disparage Web based, but I use it for security reasons: only the stuff I really want gets downloaded. Although I save lots of stuff in the folders for convenience as history, nothing is that vital. Again if it is I download it.

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Comment from Greg on 2007-09-09

2007-09-10T02:36:04Z

Where it's really bad is when you're being forced to pay for an upgrade that contains important bugfixes and security patches.

It's a sad fact about the world of software that vendors can put out a defective product and then make you pay for them to repair the defects.

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Comment from Chris on 2007-09-09

2007-09-09T16:32:31Z

The worst is when you paid for a software and a few months later an upgrade comes out.. Now you have to pay again to get the upgrade because the older version loses support.... Bastards know how to get ya!

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