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<blockquote data-quote="AtlBo" data-source="post: 859328" data-attributes="member: 32547"><p>Downgrade may not be unethical but it's very bad for business. One of the nevers of business is, "Never take anything (or take anything back) from an existing customer." This means never do things such as remove a feature or a part of product during a recall. If the purchaser already owns the item, it must be fixed if there is an issue. Microsoft broke this rule in my opinion when they shut down gadgets in Windows Vista and 7. They said they could not be secured and look now at the apps in the latest versions of Bulldoze. And look at what their products have become...terrible imo. For me, it was so wrong and actually to the point of being unethical. Really wrong what they did there. They never batted an eye either...like a meth freak or something.</p><p></p><p>One thing a company can do is remove an existing discount program. This is not necessarily a bad business practice, although great pain should be made by the company to make sure they have earned the respect of their customers to the degree that the decision to remove the discount will not be punished.</p><p></p><p>With regard to pay v free, I feel the most important question at this time is, "Is the pay software worth the money?" I think Kaspersky products are worth the money. So, if KSC free has a few ads for its free users so be it. I don't believe Kaspersky will take down KSC though. That would be bad for business. If I had the money now, I would pay, however. I am actually very grateful to Kaspersky for KSC free. Really great program...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AtlBo, post: 859328, member: 32547"] Downgrade may not be unethical but it's very bad for business. One of the nevers of business is, "Never take anything (or take anything back) from an existing customer." This means never do things such as remove a feature or a part of product during a recall. If the purchaser already owns the item, it must be fixed if there is an issue. Microsoft broke this rule in my opinion when they shut down gadgets in Windows Vista and 7. They said they could not be secured and look now at the apps in the latest versions of Bulldoze. And look at what their products have become...terrible imo. For me, it was so wrong and actually to the point of being unethical. Really wrong what they did there. They never batted an eye either...like a meth freak or something. One thing a company can do is remove an existing discount program. This is not necessarily a bad business practice, although great pain should be made by the company to make sure they have earned the respect of their customers to the degree that the decision to remove the discount will not be punished. With regard to pay v free, I feel the most important question at this time is, "Is the pay software worth the money?" I think Kaspersky products are worth the money. So, if KSC free has a few ads for its free users so be it. I don't believe Kaspersky will take down KSC though. That would be bad for business. If I had the money now, I would pay, however. I am actually very grateful to Kaspersky for KSC free. Really great program... [/QUOTE]
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