Do not show promo offers
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I agree with you. I also found the pop-ups prompting me to install the Parallels Toolkit to be very annoying. I simply didn't want that junk. I would much rather have a rock-solid core product than a bunch of unneeded and unwanted embellishments. Unfortunately, Parallels is no longer a rock-solid product. Combining buggy software, hardware resource restrictions, and bloatware doesn't seem to be a winning strategy to me.
I'm upset because : each new version is more intrusive regarding advertising.
Since I have upgrade for the version 12.2.1 I can't use more than 8Go of memory as before and I have a message that say that I have to upgrade to the pro version if I want to use more than 8go of memory.
In fact this software is a trap : every year you have to pay and soon the normal version will have less and less capacity in favor of a pro version....
GRRR....
Since I have upgrade for the version 12.2.1 I can't use more than 8Go of memory as before and I have a message that say that I have to upgrade to the pro version if I want to use more than 8go of memory.
In fact this software is a trap : every year you have to pay and soon the normal version will have less and less capacity in favor of a pro version....
GRRR....
Ronald Bokleman
Member
TOTALLY agree! I was about to make a post and include this ridiculous screen shot, but I'm glad someone already did. STOP this nonsense!!
OldNerdGuy
Bit poster
I did not buy your product for you to force Ads onto my desktop. GET RID OF THEM. Just because you are advertising your own products does not make it proper, it is just RUDE in the worst degree.
If you treat your customers like dirt, they will return the favor.
GET RID OF THE ADS!!!
If you treat your customers like dirt, they will return the favor.
GET RID OF THE ADS!!!
Felix-the-Cat
Bit poster
Okay Moderator, you win. I withdraw the quip that this feature is on a par with 1990's shareware. I still stand by my comment that this is both a product and marketing mis-fire.
P
Parallels User
Bravo !!! Another thing VMWare does not subject us to...
I was shocked and offended to suddenly get a popup ad in a Parallels wrapper today. Considering I just bought Parallels a few weeks ago, and then spent more money on Windows 10 for it to get rid of the customization restriction, I was very unhappy to suddenly get a popup ad!
I have read from other threads this has gone on a long time and has caused people to use other VMs. Had I known about this I would have gone with something else also. This MUST STOP. Parallels, you must NOT advertise crap on a PAID product, it is very unethical and is costing you business. I will recommend to people not to buy this until I hear official word that this feature has been wiped clean of your paid product.
I have read from other threads this has gone on a long time and has caused people to use other VMs. Had I known about this I would have gone with something else also. This MUST STOP. Parallels, you must NOT advertise crap on a PAID product, it is very unethical and is costing you business. I will recommend to people not to buy this until I hear official word that this feature has been wiped clean of your paid product.
I've contacted Parallels support. This is their answer about the adds that appear when you start Parallels:
"We occasionally share special offers from Parallels or other third party companies who provide special deals for our customers. Many of our customers rely on the information about product updates and appreciate the special deals for products that are of interest to them.
Individual notifications can be turned off by clicking the "don't show this again" button. However, because customers need to receive important product information, there is not a mechanism for customers to completely disable notifications. Thanks."
"We occasionally share special offers from Parallels or other third party companies who provide special deals for our customers. Many of our customers rely on the information about product updates and appreciate the special deals for products that are of interest to them.
Individual notifications can be turned off by clicking the "don't show this again" button. However, because customers need to receive important product information, there is not a mechanism for customers to completely disable notifications. Thanks."
And this was my final answer after they insisted on the same:
"Please take in consideration your customers' suggestions. It's great to sell more, but not by upsetting your own clients with adds. Please, enable an option in your software where paid users can choose to avoid advertising. Thank you."
"Please take in consideration your customers' suggestions. It's great to sell more, but not by upsetting your own clients with adds. Please, enable an option in your software where paid users can choose to avoid advertising. Thank you."
Thanks for your Solid Answer. I would much rather have a rock-solid core product than a bunch of unneeded and unwanted embellishments.
This issue is preventing me from purchasing Parallels Desktop. I simply cannot justify purchasing adware. Parallels, you cannot have your cake and eat it. Either make your software paid, or make it ad-supported freeware - not both. The adverts are simply in an awkward marriage with a paid product.
Litmus test: What is your competition doing? VMware Fusion does not include adverts. Virtualbox does not include adverts.
Parallels Desktop lacks the professionalism warranting a 'Pro' edition. It is highly unprofessional to display adverts in your product. It's like a relic of the early 2000s. Picture this: You're demonstrating something to your clients, and all of a sudden a special offer pops up. You look like a fool.
Now, let's carefully scrutinise the response from Parallels staff:
The first justification is that the adverts can be turned off. Expressed at this level of generality, the assertion is false. The ads cannot be turned off. They can individually be turned off, but that does not prevent future adverts from displaying. This justification does not address the root criticism: the software should not have ads at all, in the first place.
The second justification is that the adverts are somehow helpful to users. This is a highly contestable statement. The software being offered has very little relevance to Parallels, and a lot of it is crapware. You know where you could put these offers? In an email sent out to subscribers, to which they can opt-out of, or filter, such emails.
Let's look at the real justification for this: you're getting paid for those ads, aren't you? Just be candid about it. You're double dipping. You're charging for the product while you're also selling your user's eyes to advertisers.
Remove this pathetic bug and fire the person responsible for it.
Litmus test: What is your competition doing? VMware Fusion does not include adverts. Virtualbox does not include adverts.
Parallels Desktop lacks the professionalism warranting a 'Pro' edition. It is highly unprofessional to display adverts in your product. It's like a relic of the early 2000s. Picture this: You're demonstrating something to your clients, and all of a sudden a special offer pops up. You look like a fool.
Now, let's carefully scrutinise the response from Parallels staff:
The first justification is that the adverts can be turned off. Expressed at this level of generality, the assertion is false. The ads cannot be turned off. They can individually be turned off, but that does not prevent future adverts from displaying. This justification does not address the root criticism: the software should not have ads at all, in the first place.
The second justification is that the adverts are somehow helpful to users. This is a highly contestable statement. The software being offered has very little relevance to Parallels, and a lot of it is crapware. You know where you could put these offers? In an email sent out to subscribers, to which they can opt-out of, or filter, such emails.
Let's look at the real justification for this: you're getting paid for those ads, aren't you? Just be candid about it. You're double dipping. You're charging for the product while you're also selling your user's eyes to advertisers.
Remove this pathetic bug and fire the person responsible for it.
I was just watching a movie on my iMac computer and got a popup overtop of the movie I was watching on my PC side saying:
"Service Notification #1
for Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac Users
Your Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac is one version behind and is not fully optimized and compatible with the new
MacOS release, Catalina (10.5)."
And so on. Do you relly have to make a popup overtop of all screens so it interrupts you from watching a movie? It seems that the people at Parallels Desktop do not care if they interrupt you from working or enjoying a movie to sell you things instead. You also disabled the yellow minamize button so I can't hide it while watching a movie! Are you serious?! Your software is turning into Adware. If you are going to make an ad for people make it not disrupt them from working and so you can minimize it. I am reporting this to Apple.
"Service Notification #1
for Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac Users
Your Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac is one version behind and is not fully optimized and compatible with the new
MacOS release, Catalina (10.5)."
And so on. Do you relly have to make a popup overtop of all screens so it interrupts you from watching a movie? It seems that the people at Parallels Desktop do not care if they interrupt you from working or enjoying a movie to sell you things instead. You also disabled the yellow minamize button so I can't hide it while watching a movie! Are you serious?! Your software is turning into Adware. If you are going to make an ad for people make it not disrupt them from working and so you can minimize it. I am reporting this to Apple.