Originally Posted by RayVega

Will, I understand your anger towards Zango. I hate spyware/adware worse than SPAM. But truth is that the almighty dollar rules and in my opinion the only thing your crusade will accomplish is more and more affiliates having to use Zango and companies like them because their affiliate base dropping off. In the end nobody is going to allow their competitors to take their business away. If people stop promoting sites that use Zango type advertising, it'll just force the programs to use Zango type advertising as an only alternative.

The battle can be won, but a "black or white" aggressive campaign against anyone remotely associated with adware will drive the market into their arms. I suggest a softer approach, let it evolve that non adware using programs get the best spots, the most traffic and more sales making adware less profitable instead of the only option for some companies between a rock and a hard place. More and more, companies will use adware less and open a market segment for other, more traditional or unique advertising methods.

By taking a passive approach you'll let other options evolve, rather than forcing programs to go one way or the other, because in the end I think that Zango along with the affiliates that'll accept it will prevail as the most profitable method. I mean lets face it, there's a lot of people out there that will still promote Zango users because it makes them money.

By making Zango users the red headed stepchild of the industry and a last resort for whatever niche they are in (much the same way government is pushing fuel economy to get people to switch from trucks to the Prius etc) you have a chance at rubbing them out through attrition, not brute force.

Thats my opinion, one in many.