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by LuKreme
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MacHeist has a completely FREE bundle of five apps (six if they 'sell'
500,000). <http://www.macheist.com/> Only 5 days to go though, so get em quickly. -- "I do not feel obliged to believe that same God who endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect had intended for us to forego their use." -- Galileo _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@... http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk |
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Re: nanoBundle
by Scott G. Lewis
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MacHeist has been around somewhere north of 3 years. I've not seen them do anything nefarious with my data. I do get emails from them (but not often) announcing their latest promotions, plus I have gotten update notices from the vendors whose software I've acquired through them.
On Nov 7, 2009, at 10:30 PM, Rudolf O.Durrer wrote:
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Re: nanoBundle
by Thomas Baley
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Or, use the five days to anonymously download a demo version software and try it out. On 11/7/09 11:30 PM, "Scott G. Lewis" <scott@...> wrote: MacHeist has been around somewhere north of 3 years. I've not seen them do anything nefarious with my data. I do get emails from them (but not often) announcing their latest promotions, plus I have gotten update notices from the vendors whose software I've acquired through them. Thomas R. Baley tbaley@... _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@... http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk |
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Re: nanoBundle
by LuKreme
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On Nov 7, 2009, at 20:30, Rudolf O.Durrer <r.o.durrer@...> wrote:
> What's that? Another adress collector? Why should I register for > what I did not yet been able to test...? I've bought two of the three macheist bundles. I only get the emails that I agreed to get. If I didn't want emails, I'm quite confident I wouldn't get them. Why you'd assume that a very well known promotion like machiest is some email harvester is beyond me. If you're worried, create a new account on gmail or something. _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@... http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk |
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Re: nanoBundle
by steve harley-2
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On 2009-11-08 00:45 , LuKreme wrote:
> On Nov 7, 2009, at 20:30, Rudolf O.Durrer <r.o.durrer@...> wrote: > >> What's that? Another adress collector? Why should I register for what >> I did not yet been able to test...? > > I've bought two of the three macheist bundles. I only get the emails > that I agreed to get. yeah, obviously MacHeist (especially the free one) is partly about setting up targeted marketing for the participating vendors, but it seems pretty clean -- i've used a unique email address each time i bought a MacHeist bundle, and i can confirm, no unexpected emails, just a little bit of marketing from the companies involved the bundles are kind of clumsy - even this free one i paused and said, is there enough to bother? there was just enough for me ... _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@... http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk |
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Re: nanoBundle
by Jared Earle
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On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 8:50 AM, steve harley <steve@...> wrote:
As they already had my email address, I didn't even hesitate.
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Re: nanoBundle
by Rudolf O. Durrer
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Am 08.11.2009 um 06.32 schrieb Thomas Baley: > Am I missing something here? If you don’t want to trade your address > for five (possibly six) pieces of FREE software, then don’t. > > Or, use the five days to anonymously download a demo version > software and try it out. > There is no anonymous download: you have to register...._______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@... http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk |
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Re: nanoBundle
by Arno Hautala
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On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:15, Rudolf O. Durrer <r.o.durrer@...> wrote:
> > There is no anonymous download: you have to > register.... MacHeist is not the only source for these apps. Each developer offers some manner of a free demo on the respective sites. -- arno s hautala /-\ arno@... pgp eabb6fe6 d47c500f b2458f5d a7cc7abb f81c4e00 _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@... http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk |
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Re: nanoBundle
by Neil Laubenthal
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You can go to the individual vendor sites and download a copy to try.
On Nov 8, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Rudolf O. Durrer wrote: > There is no anonymous download: you have to > register…._______________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------- There are only three kinds of stress; your basic nuclear stress, cooking stress, and A$$hole stress. The key to their relationship is Jello. neil _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@... http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk |
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Re: nanoBundle
by LuKreme
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On 8-Nov-2009, at 01:50, steve harley wrote: > the bundles are kind of clumsy - even this free one i paused and > said, is there enough to bother? there was just enough for me A license for Twitterrific with 4.0 coming up is probably good, and if Mariner Write gets unlocked, that would be great. I haven't looked at the other apps yet. They have 300,000 bundles to go for that to happen, so I'm not so sure it will. -- I WILL NOT FAKE MY WAY THROUGH LIFE Bart chalkboard Ep. 7F03 _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@... http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk |
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Re: nanoBundle
by LuKreme
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On 8-Nov-2009, at 08:35, Arno Hautala wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:15, Rudolf O. Durrer > <r.o.durrer@...> wrote: >> >> There is no anonymous download: you have to >> register.... > > MacHeist is not the only source for these apps. > Each developer offers some manner of a free demo on the respective > sites. These are not demos. These are fully licensed apps. -- Oh! I thought they smelled bad on the *outside*! _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@... http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk |
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Re: nanoBundle
by Vince LaMonica-2
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On Sun, 8 Nov 2009, LuKreme wrote:
} On 8-Nov-2009, at 08:35, Arno Hautala wrote: } > On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:15, Rudolf O. Durrer <r.o.durrer@...> } > wrote: } > > } > > There is no anonymous download: you have to } > > register.... } > } > MacHeist is not the only source for these apps. } > Each developer offers some manner of a free demo on the respective sites. } } These are not demos. These are fully licensed apps. No, they are demos. You can get a demo of each software, like the above person said, at each vendor's website. You don't have to register to demo them. If you like what you see, then you can either buy the software[s] at their sites, or register with Macheist and receive them free for the next 3 days. /vjl/ _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@... http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk |
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Re: nanoBundle
by steve harley-2
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On 2009-11-08 05:19 , Jared Earle wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 8:50 AM, steve harley<steve@...> wrote: > >> the bundles are kind of clumsy - even this free one i paused and said, is >> there enough to bother? there was just enough for me ... >> > > As they already had my email address, I didn't even hesitate. oh yeah, they already had my email address too, though it's worth pointing out once you download, your email address now also goes to the vendors of the additional apps -- that's the value proposition for the vendors in a deal like this: generating qualified leads anyhow, the "enough to bother" question for me was not about my email address, it was whether it was worth the time fussing with the apps at all -- these are not killer apps, and i had to stop and think whether i'd have _any_ use for them at all ... in the end, i tried out Twitterific since i use it on my phone, but i don't particularly like it; none of the others seems worth a second thought, though i'll try out Mariner Write if it comes through _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@... http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk |
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Re: nanoBundle
by Macs R We
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On Nov 8, 2009, at 1:50 AM, steve harley wrote: > yeah, obviously MacHeist (especially the free one) is partly about > setting up targeted marketing for the participating vendors, but it > seems pretty clean A couple of times, the "featured component" was the last gasp of an old version, replaced in a matter of weeks with a new version complete with "upgrade price." This cooled my ardor for MacHeist significantly. -- Macs R We -- Personal Macintosh Service and Support in the Wickenburg and far Northwest Valley Areas. http://macsrwe.com _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@... http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk |
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Re: nanoBundle
by Arno Hautala
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On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 17:16, Macs R We <macsrwe@...> wrote:
> > A couple of times, the "featured component" was the last gasp of an old > version, replaced in a matter of weeks with a new version complete with > "upgrade price." This cooled my ardor for MacHeist significantly. Why? Because you got the product you thought you were getting at a very reduced price? Or because the version you received now has the perception of being useless? Or that you were alerted to a new application and now feel obligated to upgrade to the latest by spending more? It's a promotion. You're not going to get roses for free and you knew what you were getting when you were going in. -- arno s hautala /-\ arno@... pgp eabb6fe6 d47c500f b2458f5d a7cc7abb f81c4e00 _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@... http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk |
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Re: nanoBundle
by Macs R We
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On Nov 8, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Arno Hautala wrote: > On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 17:16, Macs R We <macsrwe@...> wrote: >> >> A couple of times, the "featured component" was the last gasp of an >> old >> version, replaced in a matter of weeks with a new version complete >> with >> "upgrade price." This cooled my ardor for MacHeist significantly. > > Why? Because you got the product you thought you were getting at a > very reduced price? Or because the version you received now has the > perception of being useless? Or that you were alerted to a new > application and now feel obligated to upgrade to the latest by > spending more? Because the version I bought lost support almost immediately. > It's a promotion. You're not going to get roses for free and you knew > what you were getting when you were going in. Free? This is the first "free" MacHeist. The others were pay to play, thank you. -- Macs R We -- Personal Macintosh Service and Support in the Wickenburg and far Northwest Valley Areas. http://macsrwe.com _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@... http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk |
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Re: nanoBundle
by Scott G. Lewis
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The first MacHeist had much software that was not upgradeable for your
$5 per app purchase and was stated as such, but could have been clearer. The last one and I think the second one as well were full versions, and subject to the same upgrade policies from the author as regular priced purchaser. In fact, I remember and issue with Speed Downloader, and they went after them with an email campaign until they relented and gave the next upgrade for free to Heisters. The free software is hit or miss, you don't always get upgrades, but you always get more than what you paid for. Even if you don't buy the yearly bundle, they give away free apps during the 'puzzles'. 1Passwd alone was worth the price of admission one time. There have been several apps that I now use regularly, including a couple I purchased again for my dad and in some cases myself as major upgrades necessitated upgrade fees. I guess the point isn't that you should do it, it's that they don't spam, they don't seem to sell your name off, they give away apps and sell others cheap, they are a promotion tool for developers, and whether or not the percentage is huge they seem to give a LOT of money to charities yearly. If you hate these free apps, certainly there's no reason to take them, but if there's even one app in there you can use, you may as well do so. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 8, 2009, at 11:51 PM, Macs R We <macsrwe@...> wrote: > > On Nov 8, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Arno Hautala wrote: > >> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 17:16, Macs R We <macsrwe@...> wrote: >>> >>> A couple of times, the "featured component" was the last gasp of >>> an old >>> version, replaced in a matter of weeks with a new version complete >>> with >>> "upgrade price." This cooled my ardor for MacHeist significantly. >> >> Why? Because you got the product you thought you were getting at a >> very reduced price? Or because the version you received now has the >> perception of being useless? Or that you were alerted to a new >> application and now feel obligated to upgrade to the latest by >> spending more? > > Because the version I bought lost support almost immediately. > >> It's a promotion. You're not going to get roses for free and you >> knew >> what you were getting when you were going in. > > Free? This is the first "free" MacHeist. The others were pay to > play, thank you. > > -- > Macs R We -- Personal Macintosh Service and Support > in the Wickenburg and far Northwest Valley Areas. > http://macsrwe.com > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > MacOSX-talk@... > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@... http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk |
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Re: nanoBundle
by LuKreme
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On 8-Nov-2009, at 15:16, Macs R We wrote:
> On Nov 8, 2009, at 1:50 AM, steve harley wrote: > >> yeah, obviously MacHeist (especially the free one) is partly about >> setting up targeted marketing for the participating vendors, but it >> seems pretty clean > > A couple of times, the "featured component" was the last gasp of an > old version, replaced in a matter of weeks with a new version > complete with "upgrade price." This cooled my ardor for MacHeist > significantly. And yet, an upgrade price that in almost all cases was cheaper than buying the software outright. And, while this certainly does happen (and is often very obvious as in the case of Twitterrific where 4.0 has already been announced) it is not the general rule. And there is no forced impetus to upgrade (for example, I am still happily using my version of Acorn. It works just fine for what I want. Acorn costs $50, the upgrade would cost me $20.) -- 'My strength is like the strength of ten because my heart is pure,' said Carrot. 'Really? Well, there's eleven of them.' --Jingo _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@... http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk |
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Re: nanoBundle
by Arno Hautala
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I'll bitch about this one...
The current MacHeist offering is a free copy of VirusBarrier. The catch is that it requires authorizing MacHeist to post an ad on your Facebook page, and potentially post additional items in the future. If I was actually interested in VirusBarrier [1] I might be tempted to authorize the posting, receive the registration code and then remove the authorization and posting. At least the Twitter post to get DaisyDisk didn't actually require something to be posted. It just opened the Twitter window, counted down, and then offered the download link. [1] Intego has gone a little heavy handed in their update path and seems to have jumped into the deep end regarding virus hype. If I install virus scanning software, it'd probably be Clam anyway. -- arno s hautala /-\ arno@... pgp eabb6fe6 d47c500f b2458f5d a7cc7abb f81c4e00 _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@... http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk |
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