MacUpdate, what in the world are you thinking? Right in the body of the description of VMware Fusion, at the very top, you have a link to upgrade to their competitor's product? "Fusion users can switch to Parallels 7 for $29.99."
I'm not partisan - in fact, I own Parallels Desktop and not Fusion - but if I were a developer, it would sure as hell piss me off if my competitors could buy adds or links that MacUpdate would shove right into the description of my own product.
And if this isn't paid - if instead it's simply information that the MacUpdate editors think might be of interest to us, it seems to me that it should be clearly labeled as such (e.g. "Editor's info" below the description, together with the MacTech benchmark links).
Does this strike anyone else as astonishingly poor form?
nonpareil
Sean Smith rated on 21 May 2012
[Version 1.0.1]
nonpareil
Sean Smith rated on 15 May 2012
[Version 1.0]
+1
VMware Fusion
I'm not partisan - in fact, I own Parallels Desktop and not Fusion - but if I were a developer, it would sure as hell piss me off if my competitors could buy adds or links that MacUpdate would shove right into the description of my own product.
And if this isn't paid - if instead it's simply information that the MacUpdate editors think might be of interest to us, it seems to me that it should be clearly labeled as such (e.g. "Editor's info" below the description, together with the MacTech benchmark links).
Does this strike anyone else as astonishingly poor form?
Deer Drive
Sean Smith rated on 11 Nov 2011
[Version 1.6.0]
Transmission
Sean Smith rated on 20 Oct 2011
[Version 2.42]
Tex-Edit Plus X
Sean Smith rated on 19 Oct 2011
[Version 4.9.9]
X Lossless Decoder
Sean Smith rated on 24 Sep 2011
[Version 20110924]
X Lossless Decoder
Sean Smith rated on 20 Aug 2011
[Version 20110820]
Infovox iVox
Sean Smith rated on 25 Jul 2011
[Version 2.01]
+13
Dropbox
I do wish MacUpdate could be bothered to properly note beta software so users know what they're getting into. Sigh.