Originally Posted by
ClueByFour
Great, so the part that says:
Which means it's not really "make all the free calls you want" and various other things they advertise.
Right, I'm not bothered by that. I've had the three MJs for almost a year and my service has been terrific and uninterrupted. I've read about people on the "unofficial magic jack" forum who would make 6-8 hours of calls and they were the ones who got their service cut.
You may also not be bothered by the part that reads:
That's right. I'm not bothered. What data, exactly, do you think they have?
Nope, not a problem. It's better than what Google does with gmail, in which the actual content of the email is analyzed, but I also use gmail, too. Can't opt out of the email? I couldn't care less -- if I ever got any, and I never did, it's easy enough to block it with my spam software.
Can't opt out. It gets better, but you get the gist.
You seem to think I'm unfamiliar with MJ's TOS. I'm very familiar with it. It's very simple: I think the quid pro quo for the TOS, namely free calling, is worth it. You don't, so you don't have to take the deal.
Really? I don't generally run them, or prefer ones that give me the flexibility to choose. It strikes me that there is a reason.
I've seen plenty of installers that leave keys in the registry which is one reason why, from time to time, I'll run a registry cleaner (fully manual) just to see what's sitting around.
I agree. You might find this thread interesting:
I'd be interested to see your list of registry keys and directories.
There is only a single MJ directory, as I recall, under app data. As for keys, I didn't keep a list -- just searched and removed the references. There were only a few.
Yeah, one can uninstall it. Not without more work than every significant competitor and more work than most reputable software vendors. And I that's how they can make it cheap.
I disagree with respect to "reputable vendors." Do you consider Logitech reputable? As for "significant competitors," MJ is the cheapest, the most portable and the most convenient. As I said, you may not think it's worth it. I do.
You want to load your machines up with this to save a buck? Your call.
Exactly. And my call was to do so and it's worked out fine. No spam, no invasion of privacy, no ads, no incompatibilites -- only free and reliable phone service.