Comments on: Aviary – Free Set of Editing Tools http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/aviary-%e2%80%93-free-set-of-editing-tools/ Tiny Tips for the Common Geek Fri, 18 May 2012 15:16:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: rroberto http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/aviary-%e2%80%93-free-set-of-editing-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-1530 rroberto Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:16:09 +0000 http://tinyhacker.com/?p=2667#comment-1530 Please correct me if I'm wrong...you've given your readers 100s of great tools and sites.... but this one looks like a bait-and-switch site to me. I've just come from the site after registering and found fewer tools that are free -- and what's there is not available via screenshot above (i.e. no screen capture at all etc) Also got screens that said a) "Today we are making these tools free." Does that mean tomorrow they won't be? b) Most tool tutorials are fee-based...what good are 'free tools' if you have to pay to learn how to use them? I skipped the "find your friends on aviary" option. Perhaps if I hadn't, I'd see what you see on the screenshot. But why should I have to sign up for that? Please correct me if I’m wrong…you’ve given your readers 100s of great tools and sites…. but this one looks like a bait-and-switch site to me.

I’ve just come from the site after registering and found fewer tools that are free — and what’s there is not available via screenshot above (i.e. no screen capture at all etc)

Also got screens that said
a) “Today we are making these tools free.” Does that mean tomorrow they won’t be?
b) Most tool tutorials are fee-based…what good are ‘free tools’ if you have to pay to learn how to use them?

I skipped the “find your friends on aviary” option. Perhaps if I hadn’t, I’d see what you see on the screenshot. But why should I have to sign up for that?

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