NetNewsWire out of beta and into ads
The final release of NetNewsWire 3.2 is out and, as expected, ads now appear in the bottom left-hand corner. The ones I’ve seen so far aren’t particularly irksome — basically just a bit of text. I suppose there will also be some using images that could be more distracting. One concession to ad haters is that they are now just 90 pixels tall — half the original 180 pixels.
Another concession, of course, is that you can pay $10 and have the ads removed entirely. In fact, when you first fire up NetNewsWire, an ad appears informing you of this option. It only lasts a few seconds, though, so it’s easy to miss. You can also pay by clicking on Buy NetNewsWire in the NetNewsWire menu. I found it strange that the eSellerate store you connect to doesn’t mention that ads will be removed. It might make some people wonder if they’re in the right place.
There remains, however, the sticking point of what to do — if anything — for people who paid for NetNewsWire before it became free. There is no mention of a solution at the nwbeta blog, so it looks like they (I among them) are out of luck.
During the brouhaha over ads, I decided to take Vienna for a spin and found it to be a perfectly acceptable alternative. Would I go back to NetNewsWire? Other than inertia, there’s really no reason not to. The ads don’t bother me a bit and I refuse to maintain a lifelong bitterness over a payment I made years ago.
Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009 in Updates
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