What you consider "every right" is by no stretch of imagination what others -and me-, do. And not "for the most part" or ANY part have they been open about it. Caught is more like it. Besides that I have never stated that I oppose or dont like what they are doing or have done... I have simply dtated an obvious FACT: the project has shifted its focus and direction. Significantly.
Caught? Now that's an interesting perspective? Caught what... leasing our own software? I suppose Gmail too was "caught" selling extra storage space to its users, eh? You also keep stating that this whole "shifted focus and direction" as FACTS. I am beginning to suspect if you actually know what you are talking about. What is a FACT is that we have our services and products available for lease. Saying the project has shifted its focus and direction as "facts" is like someone saying Windows XP is the best software out there. What is a "fact" is that it sold a shitload of copies. Please get your "facts" straight... especially if you are attempting to "educate" people about the "obvious".
Yes, getting anon was s definite shift from the "good guys" path and into shaddy territory, no question about it. Just like there's no question that gambling, in whatever form, is also going in a different direction.
If I'n not mistaken, your little "Wall of Honor" page with all the praises for pinkcoin was AFTER the fully functional anon was implemented on the website. No mention of any slip into shady category or fall from grace and what not. Guess its all vaguely subjective depends on the mood? Or is it the other way round.... introduce poker and anon is suddenly a shift from the "good guys"? Well shit.... lets atleast have some consistency man.
As for promoting friends' coins, OFFICIALLY, I have never seen it before. And it has nothing to do eith marking territory, pissing or othereise, but with s very elemental common sense... just like you wouldnt expect coca cola recommending pepsi. More so since their markets are illimited and alt coins one is just the opposite.
One of the advantages of transparency is a gain in trust and reputation. So what if we leverage that for payment/services. Few months back you were here asking for money to leverage your experience, network and "marketing skills" for pinkcoin right? Why the hypocrisy now?
Selling software for personal profit is a way to make money not a means of survival.
If my understanding is correct, survival requires money. Not sure how you can just discard that little info.... unless we're talking about living in the wild, hunting game and no internet or electricity.... which im pretty sure is not very crypto friendly to begin with.
The project, frankly, had excess of technology NOT lack of it. Nobody watches -or much care- what the tech devs do, how many hours they devote to the project, etc. They are as bound and committed ss they want to be at any and all times.
Sure... and we chose to be fully commited to it instead of a half hearted attempt. Investors enjoyed that experience. Those who did not, moved on. What seems to be the problem here?
They are not supposed to draw income from pink, ok?
"supposed to"? Where on earth are you digging up these assumptions from? Are you saying that all dev work for all coins has to be a strictly non-profit hobby activity? That to make money off the work you do is taboo? That any technology developed for Pink must stay exclusive to pink? Sorry to break it to you, but the people who put in the work to get it done takes a call on that, not you.
Pink has enough -and then some- and needed none. Not anon. Not gambling. It needed -and continue needing- investors. And a clean GOOD GUYS image. An image and a reality that would have put pink at the front of yhe line ehen regulation hits -which WILL happen at any time now-, and not in jeopardy because of it.
So essentially it was all good till we picked it up you mean? The investors would just come in, get all wet with the "good guys" image and go ham with buy orders? I guess marketing too would happen to the tune of "Come buy pink... doesnt really have any features, but its run by good honest guys,", etc? Now I'm not going to bother giving you a list of coins that had a great image and good devs, whose coins simply died from ignorance.
And yes the (vocal part of) the community wanted those festures like snon and gambling just like they would clamor for anything they perceive as a potential trigger to increase the price, for what they want is to lock in profits not the future of pink... which should be the main focus of its developers.
So? Of course if I was investing in a coin, I would want to see it increase in price. The future of Pink is not in seeing it devalued. You seem to be insisting on maintaining this false dichotomy of making money as a counter weight to the developer's focus. I fail to see the connection. In fact, its quite contrary really.
Like I have repeated several times already not judging or even critizising, just stating facts.
Like I have also stated earlier, they are not facts. They are opinions.
