There is a clear distinction between malware (virus, trojans, and worms) and adware in the antivirus community. As this is neither drive-by nor malware, it's no stretch; it's an outright lie.
Who are you to say how open source authors make their money? While I'm not happy about this shady move by Dice, it's the sensationalist writing, full of misinformation that I was calling out.
> There is a clear distinction between malware (virus, trojans, and worms) and adware in the antivirus community.
Fortunately for everyone, the "antivirus community", which produces software I would also classify as malware, does not get to dictate how the rest of us use words.
>There is a clear distinction between malware (virus, trojans, and worms) and adware in the antivirus community. As this is neither drive-by nor malware, it's no stretch; it's an outright lie.
To a user who has their machine slow to a creeping halt or behave in unexpected ways because of these "opt-in" daemon adware suites, that "distinction" breaks down very quickly.
If you use those kinds of tactics, you are taking CPU cycles from people who did not want them taken. Where I come from , we call that stealing - and it makes you something less than an honorable individual if you do it. I spent years working in tech support, so I have the understanding necessary to make that statement.
I am also a developer and I know there are more honest - and proven - ways to make a living with OSS that don't fall on that side of the "shady" line.
Who are you to say how open source authors make their money? While I'm not happy about this shady move by Dice, it's the sensationalist writing, full of misinformation that I was calling out.