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0 pointsteddyh4y ago0 comments

How is it a “scam” if the terms are clearly posted?

EDIT: The percentage increase from 2% to 30% was not posted; I withdraw my opinion on that.

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pavel_lishin4y ago

The "30% markup if our algorithm thinks you're doing something sneaky" was not disclosed.

teddyhOP4y ago

True, it was not. I concede this point.

ZetaZero4y ago

2% was clearly posted. Yet the plugin was taking 30%.

PeterisP4y ago

The terms are not clearly stated, the explicit LICENSE document https://github.com/floatinghotpot/cordova-admob-pro/blob/mas... offers a standard MIT license, unlike the wiki description.

remram4y ago

The license states how you may use the code, not what the code does.

op00to4y ago

Huge red flag: they offer you some money back in hopes you don't turn them into the "authorities".

gruez4y ago

That's how settlements work, yes.

nrmitchi4y ago

Is it though? A settlement in a civil case is money in exchange for not pursuing further civil legal action.

A situation of "we're giving you money so that you don't report a crime" (which is implied by "turning in to the authorities") is more like extortion/bribery than it is a settlement.

teddyhOP4y ago

Wouldn’t not offering any money back be an even bigger red flag?

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pavel_lishin4y ago

The "30% markup if our algorithm thinks you're doing something sneaky" was not disclosed.

teddyhOP4y ago

True, it was not. I concede this point.

ZetaZero4y ago

2% was clearly posted. Yet the plugin was taking 30%.

PeterisP4y ago

The terms are not clearly stated, the explicit LICENSE document https://github.com/floatinghotpot/cordova-admob-pro/blob/mas... offers a standard MIT license, unlike the wiki description.

remram4y ago

The license states how you may use the code, not what the code does.

op00to4y ago

Huge red flag: they offer you some money back in hopes you don't turn them into the "authorities".

gruez4y ago

That's how settlements work, yes.

nrmitchi4y ago

Is it though? A settlement in a civil case is money in exchange for not pursuing further civil legal action.

A situation of "we're giving you money so that you don't report a crime" (which is implied by "turning in to the authorities") is more like extortion/bribery than it is a settlement.

teddyhOP4y ago

Wouldn’t not offering any money back be an even bigger red flag?

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