Zynga: A Company That You Should Never Trust
I’m a little late to the party on this one, but this topic evokes strong feelings.
Do you play any Facebook games? How about these:
Mafia Wars
Cafe World
FishVille
Roller Coaster
Zynga Poker
YoVille!
Vampires
Street Racing
Pirates
Dragon Wars
FarmVille
Special Forces
Fashion Wars
Blackjack
Scramble
Word Twist
PathWords
Sudoku
What if the company that made those games was deliberately trying to fuck you over?
Take a look at Techcrunch’s recent post, which features Zynga CEO Mark Pincus bragging about tricking users into installing things that could easily be malware (seems like he doesn’t know and doesn’t care).
Here’s a fairly eye-opening video which shows how much he values your custom. Watch this and ask yourself: “Do I want to give money to this man?”
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3 Responses to “Zynga: A Company That You Should Never Trust”
§ March 1st, 2010 at 5:18 am
Wow, looks like the spambots hit this page up…
Regardless, this is horrific. Completely unacceptable ways of making revenue, and in fact, I’m pretty sure it’s illegal in the EU now.
What a dick.
§ March 27th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Hello, this is one excellent post! Thanks for posting this. I was hunting for a site that has this kind of info. I just adore farmville! Glad I found this one! I’ll be going in here again for sure! lol
§ October 26th, 2011 at 4:58 am
Super news indeed. My boss has been looking for this information.