Comments on: does your IM client secretly process things for the “cloud”? http://www.socialtech.biz/blog/does-your-im-client-secretly-process-things-for-the-cloud empowering business through the social web Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:59:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: luke http://www.socialtech.biz/blog/does-your-im-client-secretly-process-things-for-the-cloud/comment-page-1#comment-574 luke Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:35:16 +0000 http://www.socialtech.biz/?p=302#comment-574 Thanks for responding, my main issue is that I think it is a good way to monetise a free product, but you should be upfront about it on your site. I spent at least 30mins trying to find how to switch it off, or any reference other than in the TOS For me, when you combine this with the amount of crap you promote on install it just felt underhand. Why not be open and focus on this as the reason its free and lose the ads? People would respect you more. Thanks for responding, my main issue is that I think it is a good way to monetise a free product, but you should be upfront about it on your site.

I spent at least 30mins trying to find how to switch it off, or any reference other than in the TOS

For me, when you combine this with the amount of crap you promote on install it just felt underhand. Why not be open and focus on this as the reason its free and lose the ads? People would respect you more.

]]> By: Erick http://www.socialtech.biz/blog/does-your-im-client-secretly-process-things-for-the-cloud/comment-page-1#comment-571 Erick Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:32:03 +0000 http://www.socialtech.biz/?p=302#comment-571 Hi Luke, There is more info about this on our blog post from when we first announced it. http://blog.digsby.com/archives/68 You can disable it in Help > Support Digsby (http://i27.tinypic.com/wvv3ur.jpg), however this option will be moved into a more prominent place in the preferences. Most importantly, it has no effect on your computer's performance. It only kicks on after you have been idle (no keyboard or mouse activity) for at least 5 minutes and turns off as soon as there is keyboard or mouse movement. On laptops, it will use a much smaller portion of your CPUs overall processing power than it will on desktops. It will also never turn on if your laptop is running on battery power. A lot of our users think this is a good way to monetize a free product instead of plastering it with banner ads. However, we are always open to other alternatives and greatly appreciate feedback. Hi Luke,

There is more info about this on our blog post from when we first announced it. http://blog.digsby.com/archives/68

You can disable it in Help > Support Digsby (http://i27.tinypic.com/wvv3ur.jpg), however this option will be moved into a more prominent place in the preferences.

Most importantly, it has no effect on your computer’s performance. It only kicks on after you have been idle (no keyboard or mouse activity) for at least 5 minutes and turns off as soon as there is keyboard or mouse movement. On laptops, it will use a much smaller portion of your CPUs overall processing power than it will on desktops. It will also never turn on if your laptop is running on battery power.

A lot of our users think this is a good way to monetize a free product instead of plastering it with banner ads. However, we are always open to other alternatives and greatly appreciate feedback.

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