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Re:Poll: Do you take the domain into account when deciding t... by cubicle67 on Sunday June 14, 2009 @12:21AM (#656802)
same. I seem to be one of a small number of people who completely fail to see the purpose of scribd beyond forcing me to view pdfs in a clumsy flash based reader and making them non-downloadable.

I'm also a definite no for Techcrunch

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Re:Poll: Do you take the domain into account when deciding t... by kngspook on Sunday June 14, 2009 @06:12AM (#657001)
I agree re:scribd.

For Windows users, it's trading one bloated reader for another. For OS X and Linux users, it's trading a reasonable decent reader (Preview.app and Evince/etc. respectively) for a bloated reader...

If scribd had a download link, though, I might not mind it as much... Bonus points if they registered a cookie on my machine that, when seen, automatically sent me the downloaded file for the link I clicked on.

I do read TechCrunch though.

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