Grokster, the second biggest P2P software developer that uses solely FastTrack (same network that the biggest one, Kazaa, uses) for its traffic, has released a "pro" version of its software.
The new software costs $19.99 and comes without any advertisements or spyware whatsoever. According to Grokster, there has been a huge demand from the user base to provide a version of the software that would be free of annoying additional components, such as "spyware" and "adware" components (that track user's web behaviour and pop up advertisements even on websites that don't carry any advertisements).
"We can offer the user a better experience at a reasonable price that still allows us to pay our bills," Grokster President Wayne Rosso said in a statement.
Obviously some people are eager to point out that there are already ad-free versions of Kazaa available on the Internet, but unfortunately these tools are illegal as they violate Kazaa's copyrights (which, again, some people might find rather hilarious ;-).
The adware-bundled version of Grokster will remain free. Obviously the big question is: how long it will be until the Grokster Pro can be downloaded from Grokster..
Source: News.com
"We can offer the user a better experience at a reasonable price that still allows us to pay our bills," Grokster President Wayne Rosso said in a statement.
Obviously some people are eager to point out that there are already ad-free versions of Kazaa available on the Internet, but unfortunately these tools are illegal as they violate Kazaa's copyrights (which, again, some people might find rather hilarious ;-).
The adware-bundled version of Grokster will remain free. Obviously the big question is: how long it will be until the Grokster Pro can be downloaded from Grokster..
Source: News.com
