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Although I have used Handango extensively for the past few years (over 80 purchases, mostly Pocket PC but some Palm), and have never had a problem with them (except for the silly having to re-enter a credit card number after downloading the fourth upgrade to a product I bought there), I would much prefer to use PayPal to pay the developer directly. Many, many years I ago I developed shareware and I know how hard it can be to make money at it, and that having 40% lopped off the top would not make me happy. Until about a year ago, I thought that Alex Kac made 24.95 off of each PI sale on Handango, and to find out that he only gets 60% or so of that just doesn't seem right to me. He works very hard to give users great products and I think he deserves to be appropriately compensated for it (not to mention all the free insights he offers in forums on this and other sites). I mention Alex because everybody knows he deserves to be paid well for great products and great service, but he is certainly not alone. Amit and CTitanic are two other greats that immediately pop to mind. Of course these folks can speak in their defense and can probably list many upsides to their relationships with Handango. I'm just saying I would prefer to pay them direct.
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