I've put that under rant deliberately because it's written in an emotional tone.
It's a good idea to add ad supported payment for a subscription, but it's a two edged sword:
Advantages:
- Independence of local payment methods.
- Can make Istaria entirely free to play for the willing ones.
Disadvantages:
- Some ad offers may ruin your computer installation
- Some ad offers may force you to install programs you definately don't want to install
- Some ad offers may send you RL spam and/or fill your email address with unwanted adverts.
- Also, this system is very similar to bux systems and may go bust rapidly. Scam is VERY likely the result later.
I don't want VI to stop that, it's a good alternative for people who don't have an option to pay their subs with any of the other offered payment methods, but personally i would neither want nor recommend to use this.
Be cautios and careful while doing so. Remove any adware after you got the credits!
Your opinions? Discuss!