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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 72227" data-source="post: 860322">For me, I expect this behaviour from the likes of Google and Facebook, but I dont expect this from a security company. I think this is where a lot of the backlash stems from. So yes Avast deserves this backlash.I&#039;ve said this before and I&#039;ll say it again, nothing in life is ever truly free. If Avast felt that offering a free version was no longer financially viable (which how could it when you offer a free version that has 95%+ of the features of your paid offerings), then they should have stopped offering the free version and went paid only like the vast majority of security software. Sure you will lose some customers, but if your product is good, then your true fans will follow you. If they wanted to continue to offer a free version, then it should be stripped down to basics and have limited functionality. Instead you have this mess, but as it&#039;s already been said, they will still have all their users as they offer a free version and most people don&#039;t care enough about privacy anyways.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 72227, post: 860322"] For me, I expect this behaviour from the likes of Google and Facebook, but I dont expect this from a security company. I think this is where a lot of the backlash stems from. So yes Avast deserves this backlash. I've said this before and I'll say it again, nothing in life is ever truly free. If Avast felt that offering a free version was no longer financially viable (which how could it when you offer a free version that has 95%+ of the features of your paid offerings), then they should have stopped offering the free version and went paid only like the vast majority of security software. Sure you will lose some customers, but if your product is good, then your true fans will follow you. If they wanted to continue to offer a free version, then it should be stripped down to basics and have limited functionality. Instead you have this mess, but as it's already been said, they will still have all their users as they offer a free version and most people don't care enough about privacy anyways. [/QUOTE]

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