Comments on: Google AdSense: Coming to a Game Near You http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/10/08/google-adsense-coming-to-a-game-near-you/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:58:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Zickar http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/10/08/google-adsense-coming-to-a-game-near-you/#comment-110754 Zickar Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:47:20 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=6075#comment-110754 I had an idea like this sometime ago where even applications on your computer can be given to you free of charge and sponsored by ads, for example Photoshop can have ads on it, there is a lot of advertising space on applications you can use, for example the application background can have a light dim background ad, the title of the application could feature a scroll with something like Buy this product or buy that and ofcourse tools can be endorsed by companies, for example the Scissors tool in Photoshop could become called Sony's Burn tool and we'll have Windows' pen tool and Macintosh's marque tool Imagine what this will mean to applications that are being cracked and illegally used by millions in third world countries, giving them for free on an ad support basis could mean more money for the companies producing them and a better experience running the real thing for the user and it will mean even safer and less infected computers because P2Ps and crack sites are infected with all sorts of threats, its like walking in a mine field I had an idea like this sometime ago where even applications on your computer can be given to you free of charge and sponsored by ads, for example Photoshop can have ads on it, there is a lot of advertising space on applications you can use, for example the application background can have a light dim background ad, the title of the application could feature a scroll with something like Buy this product or buy that and ofcourse tools can be endorsed by companies, for example the Scissors tool in Photoshop could become called Sony’s Burn tool and we’ll have Windows’ pen tool and Macintosh’s marque tool

Imagine what this will mean to applications that are being cracked and illegally used by millions in third world countries, giving them for free on an ad support basis could mean more money for the companies producing them and a better experience running the real thing for the user and it will mean even safer and less infected computers because P2Ps and crack sites are infected with all sorts of threats, its like walking in a mine field

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