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versiontracker, r.i.p..
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please don't move this to the Lounge LOL..!
so, after all these years, versiontracker.com becomes cnet.
it certainly looks wrong, but...guess i will adapt.
surprising, but so it goes.
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"At first, there was Nothing. Then Nothing inverted itself and became Something.
And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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There's always Macupdate.
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Noooooooo!!!!
That truly sucks. Why does Cnet keep eating up good sites and spitting crap back out?
First, Macfixit, now this.
 
Steve
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Celebrating 10 years and 4000 posts on MacNN!
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I gave up on VersionTracker when MacUpdate came out and haven't missed it a bit.
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They lost all my user reviews
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A moment of silence as another great site gets absorbed and "de-designed" into unusable crap.
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Originally Posted by -Q- 
A moment of silence as another great site gets absorbed and "de-designed" into unusable crap.
Ain't that the truth!
When CNET consumed MFI, they lost me. Fortunately, most of the (former) mods, managers, & regular contributors resurrected it as FineTunedMac: Macintosh, Mac OS X, and Mac System Troubleshooting Forums
And in that same vein, I hope MacUpdate is all the more prosperous.
CNET: Feh!
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Anyone know of any other VersionTracker/MacUpdate like sites?
Since VersionTracker has gone there only looks to be MacUpdate. MacUpdate would be fine, except in the past they have pulled some really boneheaded stunts... for instance, protesting the war and bringing up the topic of religion. I'm not against either activity, but neither one has ANYTHING to do with application updates so they have NO PLACE on the site.
I'll use MacUpdate if there is no alternative but I'd really prefer not to.
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Yeah, I love how cnet 'integrates' when they consume. Whereby integrate, they mean URL redirect.
Luckily I haven't used VT in the better part of a decade. Hopefully MU can avoid a similar fate because if not we're screwed.
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I like chicken
I like liver
Meow Mix, Meow Mix
Please de-liv-er
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I wouldn't be so rosy. Sites like this don't seem to be as popular as they once were.
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Originally Posted by chabig
I gave up on VersionTracker when MacUpdate came out and haven't missed it a bit.
Indeed.
OAW
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Originally Posted by Person Man
I'll use MacUpdate if there is no alternative but I'd really prefer not to.
You could use the MacUpdate RSS feed.
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Originally Posted by Person Man
MacUpdate would be fine, except in the past they have pulled some really boneheaded stunts... for instance, protesting the war and bringing up the topic of religion. I'm not against either activity, but neither one has ANYTHING to do with application updates so they have NO PLACE on the site.
Agreed.
That put me off them entirely.
Hm.
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Originally Posted by Tee
well, that's what this whole thread is about; cnet taking over VT. 
personally, am gonna try macupdate, which i've used in the past anyway...
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And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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I think they took it over a few years ago.
The name change is not that big of a deal.
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Originally Posted by Tee
I think they took it over a few years ago.
The name change is not that big of a deal.
the LAYOUT is entirely different.
just feels very...windows-centric, but...not the end of the world (not yet, anyway...  )
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"At first, there was Nothing. Then Nothing inverted itself and became Something.
And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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They also appear to have deleted all the user reviews, which is kind of a shame for apps that have had a long history on the site.
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I won't miss it, compared to Macupdate it wasn't very good. Slow and bloated.
I gave Macupdate a pass with the religious stunt - in fact I had already forgotten about it. Heh.
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I could take Sean Connery in a fight... I could definitely take him.
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I just downloaded Macupdate Desktop. I like it. I may even pay the $20 a year for it.
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I dropped VersionTracker six months ago and have used MacUpdate...about the same...
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"Like a midget at a urinal, I was going to have to stay on my toes." Frank Drebin, Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
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Originally Posted by chabig
I gave up on VersionTracker when MacUpdate came out and haven't missed it a bit.
Amen.
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Originally Posted by chabig
I gave up on VersionTracker when MacUpdate came out and haven't missed it a bit.
Me, too, I always preferred MacUpdate.
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