Hi Yohandy, You are right. Scare tactics usually work because the general public, avrage end users, don't know any better. Interesting enough while there are plenty of free programs that do the same thing, people are, in my experience, all too willing to believe if they pay for a software application it must be better than the free application.
I have a friend I went to college with. I had a conversaition with him not to long ago, and he was talking about all the upgrades he'd have to pay for to go to Windows 7. I told him that there were free apps just as good as those for Windows, and his responce surprised me. He told me he'd rather pay for his antivirus software, upgrade to Winzip, and this that and the other thing because they are better made and are more professional than those free apps I mentioned. Well, people are certainly entitled to their opinions, but it is attitudes exactly like that which keeps companies in business. If they can use scare tactics to get you to buy their product they'll do it. Most people aren't willing to go out on a limb to find out if it is true or false. In Terry Goodkind's book, "Wizard's First Rule," he makes a very good point. Most people will believe a lie, any lie, because they want to believe its true or are afraid it might be true. Therefore they are easy to be manipulated by dishonest and untrustworthy people. Companies know this. Everyone who knows basic human psychology knows that there are a lot of people who can be confused or manipulated just because they aren't technically minded and don't really know anything about their computer. If company x says you need this program then they will believe it. If an add says that a free program doesn't have all the features of commercial program x they'll probably believe it without trying to find out if it is true. Misinformation and redirection is the way advertising works in the commercial world. Cheers! On 7/2/11, Yohandy <yohand...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why pay when CCleaner can do it for free? People should really try and look > for free alternative to things. I don't pay for any maintenance software on > my PC. I use CCleaner for junk cleaning, Microsoft Security Essentials for > antivirus, and Malwarebytes for any other malware. If I really want to make > sure my PC's clean, I can always use an online scanner like Nod32 for on > demand scanning. that's all people need. any utility that claims to fix > everything for a fee is usually false advertisement from the company to get > you to buy their product. haven't you guys notice all the scare tactics > present on these websites? Guess they work. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
