We've had more than one publisher refuse to appear in the App Store and Updater for that very reason: they want to have users to visit their website on each new version to see offers. Regarding publishers making updating their software artificially hard, I'm with you on that.

We did some custom work to ensure accessibility in our products as we have a large contingent of folks it helps as well. So, let me commend you on assisting with that. I was unaware that Adobe had accessibility issues but, considering the interface, it makes sense. We're working on a freemium model as well, but we decided against making our updater and app store a paid feature and against bundling in ads as it would negatively impact some of our users. It just happens to not be turning a profit yet. , though fully open source, is also a for-profit venture that also intends to do good. Regarding profits XOR good, I agree that you can do both and hope it didn't seem like I was implying otherwise. Looking back at my original post, I definitely wrote a few things incorrectly and I apologize for that. I just had a problem with the way this article was written. I'd also like to make clear that I in no way have a problem with the way Ninite works.

First, let me say thanks as well, as I like your product and have sent people your way when they ask about something like for local software. If publishers want to make updating their software artificially hard there's not a lot we can do except trust that people will see what's going on and move to other products. Actually, until last summer that was about the only way for people to install Flash with a screenreader. We also run to help visually-impaired people manage software. Our $9.99 home Updater product is just something to point home users at when they ask to donate to us. We save people from about 15 minutes of mindless installer work every second. Our website is completely free (and ad-free) for home users. On profits XOR good: We do make money, but we also work really hard to do good as in If those apps removed their toolbar offers people would still use Ninite to track updates and automate work. We actively uncheck toolbars for maybe 5 apps.

Our value is keeping the catalog up-to-date and putting a nice interface around the updating process. First I want to say thanks! We love your work at and send people there whenever they ask us to add portable software.

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