Hidden marketing in Wordpress plugins – Wordpress should clean up their act
I am getting increasingly annoyed by Wordpress plugins that pretend to be free, but that in reality are commercial. Is Wordpress really going to permit that kind of hidden marketing on their sites and via their blogs? Do they get paid for it? Are they unable to distinguish between free plugins and commercial products?
In many countries around the world, for instance in the Scandinavian countries, one of which I come from, some of the types of marketing used here are actually illegal. Does Wordpress want to permit marketing that is illegal in some of the markets they apply to, and which are very borderline even in the US and the UK?
Look for instance at “All in one SEO” and “WP Ajax Edit Comments” plugins. One pushes you to look at their offerings every time you upgrade, the other one forces you to register on their site and promotes a “professional version” there.
In my opinion these and similar plugins should be banned from marketing via the Wordpress channels, or at the very least be marked clearly as “for pay” or “commercial products” or something of this kind. I am strongly against marketing where things are presented as free which when they are not!
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