Looking for new IM software (MSN Messenger refuses to work w/o upgrading)
It happened last week or so: "MSN Messenger" popped up a window telling me there's an update. I didn't want one, as the all of the previous updates I downloaded introduced more and more advertisement-orientated tabs to the software and reduced functionality rather than enhancing it. Additionally, the update's new features described on the product website looked meaningless, if not ridiculous.
I can currently no longer log into the Microsoft Directory for MSN Messenger using my current version 6.2.sth of MSN Messenger. As I have learned by researching the MSN Messenger problem (why on earth do I have to do that on my own?), I have been running software exposing my infrastructure to security risks (published to a broad public by Microsoft) for at least one week without getting to know about the security flaws in MSN Messenger.
What joy.
To make things even worse, I am now being forced to download an update if I want to continue using MSN Messenger. That is after having been exposed to known and even communicated security flaws for quite a while. I do feel irritated about who decides what regarding MSN Messenger.
Perhaps it's only me, but that does remind me we do urgently need strong competitors in this industry.