From: r9jmg0@yahoo.com
On 25/06/04 05:55 AM, VanguardLH wrote:
> "John C." wrote:
>
>> VanguardLH wrote:
>>
>>> Authors aren't stupid. They know once a user gets accustomed to the
>>> extra features that the user is more likely to pay to keep them.
>>> Some call it trialware. Some call it lureware. I call it baitware.
>>> Crippled baitware can still be usable, but so can a car that you can
>>> no longer roll down its windows and gets a measly 10 mph.
>>
>> I call it "PROmotionware", because it promotes the "PRO" version of the
>> PROgram.
>
> I think the common term is freemium, as in free that can go premium.
> However, whether freemium or promotionware, they should promote forward
> to the advanced version, not cripple back from the advanced version.
>
> POP Peeper is neither freemium nor promotionware. You can only download
> the Pro version which degrades to the free version. They are not
> promoting their software. They demote it.
>
> "POP Peeper Pro will revert to the freeware edition after the 30 day
> trial expires."
>
> It demotes, not promotes. Did you find a download for the freeware
> version (i.e., does not install as Pro version that demotes later)? Or,
> during the install but before starting the install, can the user elect
> the free version without ever getting the Pro features? Some freemium
> products will grant the selection during the install, so the user
> doesn't end up with a product that later demotes to free.
"Demotionware" I like it.
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