[@Danhow] I like your idea, but then the developers and anyone else in the chain doesn’t get your email, doesn’t learn what software you’re interested in, doesn’t get a way to send you more ads, doesn’t have a way to tie everything back to your ip address… No such thing as “free”, and what they learn from the registration process has to be worth a fortune to them or they wouldn’t do it. YOU are the commodity on sale here, not a program.