@robert@trupela - Robert, the plugins are still reliable, well maintained and fulfilled a clear and useful function. Requiring the optin don't make the plugin bad. In fact it will give you a sense of security that the developer is doing something to support the plugin. It's not going away because of the lack of the time of the developer. It will here to stay.

Regarding the marketing perspective, if you are still in our newsletter list, you might have noticed that whatever we promote or recommend are of high quality. I often get lots of emails from product developers to promote their products and I always turned them down if they are not of good quality.

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