StackSocial Offers 9 Apps in 'Name Your Own Price' Mac Bundle and MacBook Air in Giveaway

[weckart]

But crossover is a terrible program, definitely isn't worth the price they think its worth, or even the $1 they want for the bundle.

Well, at its heart it is wine so it is only as good or as bad as the current iteration of wine. I have always had it free whenever Codeweavers had its flock giveaway promo running. It ran Office 2003 well so I used it for macros and Visio, neither of which you got with Office 2008. I haven't used it in years, however.

 

[windowpain]

I don't see what the complaints are with these bundles.
Sure the software isn't always top of the line stuff, but there is more often than not 'something' in there that justifies the price.

If you get in early you can always pick it all up for a few dollars, no more than a packet of cigs, beer or coffee (whatever your poison is.)

If you don't want it, then don't buy it.

The software developers need to make a living, why the hate?

 

[Jessica Lares]

I don't see what the complaints are with these bundles.
Sure the software isn't always top of the line stuff, but there is more often than not 'something' in there that justifies the price.

If you get in early you can always pick it all up for a few dollars, no more than a packet of cigs, beer or coffee (whatever your poison is.)

If you don't want it, then don't buy it.

The software developers need to make a living, why the hate?

Because we care.

It is very easy for people to get suckered into these "deals", especially when they're posted by the big sites like MacRumors.

Developers don't need bundles to make a living. Software sells itself when it's actually good, and to the right people.

 

[CausticSoda]

Is it worth $807 - obviously not; if it's too good to be true, it is. Is it worth the $10 I paid? Possibly... and if not, I've only lost $10. A couple of things looked of interest to me, and if they prove to be rubbish, no big deal. At least, that's the way I see it.

 

[Laco]

Software costs time, skill, and/or money to write.

Not to say that any of these are worth buying (I have no idea).

I am not saying that software does not cost resources to make - it certainly does! I am however saying that in my opinion this collection of software is nowhere worth over $800.

 

[Parasprite]

I don't see what the complaints are with these bundles.
Sure the software isn't always top of the line stuff, but there is more often than not 'something' in there that justifies the price.

If you get in early you can always pick it all up for a few dollars, no more than a packet of cigs, beer or coffee (whatever your poison is.)

If you don't want it, then don't buy it.

The software developers need to make a living, why the hate?

I'm pretty broke a lot of the time; if it's gonna be this or a kilo of coffee I'm picking the coffee.

 

[OllyW]

MacRumors is an affiliate partner of XXX.

This is what we want to see more often. We know this kind of thing happens here more times than it's acknowledged. And we are not against it happening. We are however against it happening without MR owning up to it in the article.

I'm glad MR did the right thing in this article. But can MR keep doing the right thing in all similar articles in the future?

The MacRumors editorial staff will always acknowledge if it's an article about an affiliate partner.

No. We always identify our promotional arrangements, and we don't post undisclosed paid stories.

If we think you'll be interested in a particular story about a Mac or iOS app, or a commercial product, site, or service, then we'll post it. But we've never posted ads that masquerade as stories, and we never will.

https://macrumors.zendesk.com/hc/en...-news-stories-really-advertising-in-disguise-

 

[JAT]

I don't see what the complaints are with these bundles.
Sure the software isn't always top of the line stuff, but there is more often than not 'something' in there that justifies the price.

If you get in early you can always pick it all up for a few dollars, no more than a packet of cigs, beer or coffee (whatever your poison is.)

If you don't want it, then don't buy it.

The software developers need to make a living, why the hate?

It's called talking, or discussion. If you don't want to see that, perhaps an online discussion forum is the wrong place to visit.

People were pretty positive about the last bundle discussed here, from MacHeist. But see, that one had apps more than 7 people might find useful. We don't have to like all of them. This one seems bereft of use, IMO.

 

[rexone]

...another list of worthless Apps.

Really? On what do you base this?
I can't speak for the rest of teh bundle but both RapidWeaver & SnapHeal Pro are apps I regularly use & recommend to people as they are excellent.

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

Globaldelight and Macphun don't really need to be part of this.

 

[jettredmont]

This is true. If the only way to win is paying, that is called a lottery. For every contest I've ever seen, there is always a free way to enter, either by sending ins something, or going online, etc.

To be precise, it is illegal to broadcast advertising for a lottery in the US. However, print-only ads for such a lottery (or purely word-of-mouth) are legal. In Canada they are both illegal.

Coincidentally, just looked this up two hours ago after my daughter suggested a sweepstakes with numbers on the outside of the package could be scammed by people taking photos of the codes in the store (true, but you can enter the sweepstakes for free just by mailing them anyway). I had thought the reason was tax consequences of holding a lottery; in actuality it is an FCC-enforced law about what ads can be broadcast (hence non-broadcast or non-advertised lotteries are legal).

 

[malexandria]

Weak Selection but Cheap

Kind of weak selection, but it is hard to complain about $8.50.. I'll get some use out of Crossover and hopefully I'll finally take the time to learn some Mobile App development in which case I'll get some use out of Reaver.