Donation request on installation is rude feedback
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Hello,
How do I start a thread on the https://sourceforge.net/p/veracrypt/discussion/general/ forum?
This email address is given on the site.
The thread I wish to start could be entitled, 'Donation-request-on-installation-is-rude-feedback'.
The text I would like to be inserted as the first comment on the thread is the following:
Dear All,
I don't know how to post this or where but there is no similar thread on the forum.
I just wanted to state that I think it rude to ram a 'PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION' splash thing in the user's face when the download/installation is complete.
I know that the software is free.
I do not want to pay for it.
That is why I chose to download it instead of a paid alternative.
It is therefore rude to ram this request into the user's face.
Everybody knows you can 'donate'.
Shoving that information into my face is like a waiter standing beside your table in a restaurant the whole time you are eating, holding the bill for what you are eating in his hand and pointing to it.
Oh sure, I am not paying for this software but you can say what you want, IT IS FREE AND I AM TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT FACT.
DONATION IS NOT PAYMENT!
Hence it is rude to stuff such statements in people's faces.
It is bad manners and nobody can say that it is not.
It never used to happen with freeware. Yes, the donation option was there but you were never hit in the face with it.
That's all I can say. It is purely an instance of bad manners.
No doubt some bright spark will state (with a nasal voice) 'Well, that's what you get with free software' but they will be wrong. It is just bad manners, and 'free' does not mean, 'will include bad manners'.
That's that.
Frankly I have had enough of the dire state of internet etiquette today, and I am making a stand, and I will not stop until it is repaired.
If you are with me then great. If you are not then that's your prerogative.
:-)
I hope you can help.
James
Hmmm, not even a "Thank you for the free software and all the painstaking effort it takes to update and maintain it"? Mind your own manners before you presume to criticize the manners of others.