www/proprietary malware-edtech.html workshop/ma...

[Dora Scilipoti]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Dora Scilipoti <dora>   22/04/12 04:29:56

Modified files:
        proprietary    : malware-edtech.html 
        proprietary/workshop: mal.rec 

Log message:
        Adding item about the Prodigy maths game to malware-edtech.html 
(already listed in proprietary-manipulation.html).

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-edtech.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.4&r2=1.5
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.426&r2=1.427

Patches:
Index: malware-edtech.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/malware-edtech.html,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -b -r1.4 -r1.5
--- malware-edtech.html 3 Dec 2021 06:24:37 -0000       1.4
+++ malware-edtech.html 12 Apr 2022 08:29:56 -0000      1.5
@@ -118,6 +118,22 @@
     any form of user interaction.</p>
   </li>
 
+  <li id="M202102190">
+    <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-02</small>'
+    --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
+    <p>The Prodigy maths game played in schools
+    at no cost entices students to play it at home, where <a
+    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/19/maths-app-targeting-uk-schools-is-criticised-over-premium-model";>
+    the company tries to lure them into paying for a premium
+    subscription</a> in exchange for mere cosmetic features that, at
+    school, underline the socioeconomic gap between those who can afford
+    it and those who can't.</p>
+
+    <p>The strategy of <a href="/education/edu-schools.html">using
+    schools as a fishing pool for customers</a> is a common practice
+    traditionally adopted by nonfree software companies.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M202012250">
     <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2020-12</small>'
     --><!--#echo encoding="none" var="DATE" -->
@@ -233,7 +249,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/12/03 06:24:37 $
+$Date: 2022/04/12 08:29:56 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.426
retrieving revision 1.427
diff -u -b -r1.426 -r1.427
--- workshop/mal.rec    6 Apr 2022 07:41:52 -0000       1.426
+++ workshop/mal.rec    12 Apr 2022 08:29:56 -0000      1.427
@@ -1026,6 +1026,7 @@
 RT: www-discuss 2021-02-22
 PubDate: 2021-02-19 (proprietary sales pressure)
 Target: proprietary-manipulation.html proprietary-manipulation
+Target: malware-edtech.html malware-edtech
 Keywords:
 Blurb: <p>The Prodigy maths game played in schools
 +   at no cost entices students to play it at home, where <a