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Spyware in Limewire
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Halleluja!!!! (just installed acquisition)
Have been running limewire for months, untill I saw some interesting advice on this thread. Have just installed acquisition, and must say its amazing compared to LW. Feels like switching from rusty bicycle to limo.
Niiiiiice.
-will be trying out poisoned in a moment. Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy!
Have been running limewire for months, untill I saw some interesting advice on this thread. Have just installed acquisition, and must say its amazing compared to LW. Feels like switching from rusty bicycle to limo.
Niiiiiice.
-will be trying out poisoned in a moment. Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy!
You know..
Not only is it rude to bash people for using a certain program, it's really stupid.
I have downloaded EVERY Mac P2P program I've been able to find.
And I still use Limewire.
Why? I don't care about spyware or adware. I care about finding what I'm looking for. Poisoned, Acquisition, etc give me VERY FEW results for my searches! Limewire always gives me three times as many options. Do some of the DLs fail? Sure. But I'd rather have a DL fail with 20 other results to try again from, than a DL fail with only two or three other results to attempt.
The other programs just do not produce the results for me.
As for ITMS.. That's great, if you want to support the RIAA. I have no interest in supporting an organization who sues grandparents and 12 year olds. I may not download Metallica or whatever, but the RIAA's practices sicken me. "Oh no, I only got 4 million dollars instead of 5!" BIG DEAL! I can't believe record executives and recording artists make millions of dollars for usually mediocre songs, while TEACHERS, people responsible for almost EVERYONE'S jobs, make CRAP. It's screwed up and I refuse to support some whining bigshot. I'd never have bought the records anyway, so it's really a matter of greed on their part when it comes to me.. They'd have never had me buying a $15 CD in the first place.
ITMS is also very limited. I listen to a lot of Japanese pop and rock.. They have none of that. Their musical/opera/classical music section is also very small, and many popular artists haven't signed with them. It's a nice idea.. But there are too few choices, and the people behind it are ******s.
I just tried Poisoned again and searched for a popular artist and got.. 5 results. Limewire gave me about 200. That's just sad.
So, dislike Limewire all you want, but when it comes down to it, it doesn't give me many results. So why WOULDN'T I use Limewire? Because you think it's a POS? Sorry, I'd rather use a program that actually WORKS for me than meet your approval.
Not only is it rude to bash people for using a certain program, it's really stupid.
I have downloaded EVERY Mac P2P program I've been able to find.
And I still use Limewire.
Why? I don't care about spyware or adware. I care about finding what I'm looking for. Poisoned, Acquisition, etc give me VERY FEW results for my searches! Limewire always gives me three times as many options. Do some of the DLs fail? Sure. But I'd rather have a DL fail with 20 other results to try again from, than a DL fail with only two or three other results to attempt.
The other programs just do not produce the results for me.
As for ITMS.. That's great, if you want to support the RIAA. I have no interest in supporting an organization who sues grandparents and 12 year olds. I may not download Metallica or whatever, but the RIAA's practices sicken me. "Oh no, I only got 4 million dollars instead of 5!" BIG DEAL! I can't believe record executives and recording artists make millions of dollars for usually mediocre songs, while TEACHERS, people responsible for almost EVERYONE'S jobs, make CRAP. It's screwed up and I refuse to support some whining bigshot. I'd never have bought the records anyway, so it's really a matter of greed on their part when it comes to me.. They'd have never had me buying a $15 CD in the first place.
ITMS is also very limited. I listen to a lot of Japanese pop and rock.. They have none of that. Their musical/opera/classical music section is also very small, and many popular artists haven't signed with them. It's a nice idea.. But there are too few choices, and the people behind it are ******s.
I just tried Poisoned again and searched for a popular artist and got.. 5 results. Limewire gave me about 200. That's just sad.
So, dislike Limewire all you want, but when it comes down to it, it doesn't give me many results. So why WOULDN'T I use Limewire? Because you think it's a POS? Sorry, I'd rather use a program that actually WORKS for me than meet your approval.
Limewire used to be OK...now I cant find a decent download of the file Im looking for.
Ive downloaded it from Limewire in the past, but now I cant....bahh.
Ive downloaded it from Limewire in the past, but now I cant....bahh.
fanofdool said:
You just said it does not give you many results and then you said "why wouldn't i use limewire".......your really contradicting yourself