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by bobwaycott 4032 days ago
>>> "At this time, we present third party offers only with a few projects where it is explicitly approved by the project developer, or if the project is already bundling third party offers."

Uhhhh ... I'm undoubtedly being way too cynical, but that sure sounds like a back-handed way of saying they're going to "present" these third-party "offers" on top of any projects that are already bundling such "offers".

Also, "present" ... really? What a horrible word choice, given the UX patterns involved here. Total bullshit.

And furthermore, how exactly will SourceForge gain this explicit approval by the project developer? I'd like to hear more on that note. Do they modify their terms & conditions to make this an auto-opt-in for all new accounts? Are existing accounts grandfathered into this by a default opt-in, on account of having been notified by email of newly updated Terms, the way various companies like to engage in wrong patterns for implied approvals by-means-of-using-our-service that benefit the bottom-line first, and preference typical user sentiment second?

[EDIT: wording correction]