But those are offer popups
Essentially this is no different it is no to different to other offer popups, avast is offering you an option if you have an android phone to have avast protect that also.
Idea: How about this, assuming the opinion of Avast marketers are that ads are a benefit, actually target the popup ads so they are more useful. The way to target ads can easily be done it would seem to me by making it a prerequisite to getting the application key to just have the user provide an abbreviated customer profile that would help Avast know if it even makes sense to popup specific ads for that user
i.e. what is the point in the event the user doesn't even have an "Android phone" like in this case. And there are many other offers that make no sense other than to be an irritant to the user. Of course I realize that it would take maintaining a small data file on the user but that's already done anyway and of course it would take a little more programming to make the popups ad specific in relation to the specific user profile, but on the other hand it would also seem to me to be worth it as opposed to causing unnecessary irritants that do little more than to repel users when ads have absolutely no application to the user and as a result tend to make them not want to recommend Avast to others as a result. It would be actually quite simple to program, just have a check-list table that applies to the customer profile and have the ads run off that table of values. Fact is, happier users create more and better recommendations and more and better recommendation increase a user base is the reason it would be worth the extra little bit of programming on Avast part. I've already recommended a "reward system" for users who stay loyal to Avast for say 10+ years at which time the user can limit the FREE version ads for example. And I've offered other alternatives as well to help improve Avast rapport with current and potential future users, but if none of these are appealing then how about considering this one above?
I have many ideas that in my view would be of benefit to Avast when one considers the number of times we see users complain about these ads. None of us can deny the number of times we will see a new thread popup in the forum on this topic. And we must realize there are many many more who don't bother to complain but just go elsewhere to get their virus protection. I'd venture to say (when we think of how many probably don't bother to even say anything as it's not a tech issue) that this issue regarding ads is arguably the most prevalent of all issues users might have with Avast. So I say why wouldn't it make sense for Avast to look for ways to alleviate an irritant of this magnitude? I know many will disagree and claim it's no big deal, please there are many various issues we see in this forum and if it's something that breaks the users computer in some manner we're of course going to hear about it. But are we really going to hear about every complaint when it comes to an "irritant" that does not break the users computer? Of course not, reason would suggest to us that the numerous complaints we see from time to time are actually the tip of the proverbial ice burg. Think about it, this only makes reasonable sense.
Again, as I've said so many times, my goal is to help Avast increase their user base and it is NOT to be complaining like others (evangelists that is) think which is so far from the truth. I've enjoyed my limited background in marketing myself and I have a degree in psychology and have worked in the field for 15 years before going into programing and tech support for another 22 years so I know a little about how and what people think and do. And I'd add, it is no skin off my nose because in my case my ads are blocked anyway thanks to your suggestion
DavidR (which as I've said is a big reason I can do want I really want and that is stay with Avast), so the only reason I would even bring it up is for the sake of other users and the sake of having Avast keep a better rapport with their current and potential future users. Again my only reason for posting these ideas is to sustain a larger Avast user base because a more successful Avast benefits not only me but everyone on this board. Can we at least agree on that?
