Good products survive and flourish, its as simple as that. Having a open environment is neither sufficient nor necessary to give people what they enjoy actually using. Look at Linux and Apple complete opposites but successful I'd say. A pinch of difference won't do them harm, but wheres the vision.

Just a coincidence or a witch hunt, amazing how things fall apart when you are Enemy of the State.

Its a pity to see such great creativity used to both amuse and annoy someone. As for getting information on new products, services and offers text only adds are an excellent solution, there should be an opt-in checker for something like it. But please don't follow me and build my profile on what I like or liked at any phase in my life and also I do not support gmail reading my mails to give text only adds.

Its becoming like finding holes in a fishnet.