Roland,Nov 3 2004, 10:31 PM Wrote:Playing Devil's Advocate:
Name 2 other sites that could and would have done what FilePlanet did, i.e. hosting such a massive file with an expected user download rate in the THOUSANDS. Then you can complain about exclusivity. ;)
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I repeat, I have no problem with FilePlanet making the WoW client available, and charging an appropriate fee to those who want to pay it for downloading it from them. That's a good thing. My problem is with the fact that Blizzard made keys available only through FilePlanet (also no problem if Bliz limits the number of keys they give out).
But why should someone have to subscribe with FilePlanet to get a key? That's what I resent -- things shouldn't be done that way IMO. At least in the previous open stress test, you could get a key from FP without paying for it. No doubt it's good marketing for FilePlanet and Blizzard gets a kickback, but that doesn't mean I like it.
Just to be clear, I'm not criticizing anyone who subscribed to FilePlanet. In fact, I must sheepishly admit that -- despite my protests -- after downloading the WoW client from Bliz using BitTorrent, and checking that my old open stress test key didn't work, I subscribed with FP to get a new one (still unarrived); but I resent the whole process, and it doesn't endear me one bit to Blizzard. They can, of course, do whatever they want, but they're acting more like SOE every day.
p.s. BTW, it looks to me like the $7.90 option is for a recurring monthly charge, unless you explicitly cancel your account with FP to prevent this. Bleh.