I'm not sure how I insulted you unless you are referring to my "shilling" comment. But you were obviously speaking without knowing all the facts.
With that said I apologize for the shill comment as that is not what you were doing per the definition of the word.
After reading the rest of your response I can agree with some of it. And you are right no business or organization is perfect. But it is the perspective of many that the practices being used by the ECA do not shed a favorable light on them considering what it is they do stand for.
It's a hard pill to swallow when the President of the association speaks out against another company for changing EULAs or Terms of Service and how that practice is anti-consumer, only to turn around and do it to it's own members. It just looks bad, and I don't see how anyone can argue against that. In this case it is very easy to be cynical just because of these actions by the ECA.
The changing of expired credit card info to continue billing without the card holders consent is very questionable if not unethical or illegal despite the user agreeing to it in the TOS. There is precedent for this being ruled as such.
According to moderators on the ECA forums these things are going to addressed, so hopefully ECA makes it right in the end. But their credibility has taken a hit regardless.
With that said I apologize for the shill comment as that is not what you were doing per the definition of the word.
After reading the rest of your response I can agree with some of it. And you are right no business or organization is perfect. But it is the perspective of many that the practices being used by the ECA do not shed a favorable light on them considering what it is they do stand for.
It's a hard pill to swallow when the President of the association speaks out against another company for changing EULAs or Terms of Service and how that practice is anti-consumer, only to turn around and do it to it's own members. It just looks bad, and I don't see how anyone can argue against that. In this case it is very easy to be cynical just because of these actions by the ECA.
The changing of expired credit card info to continue billing without the card holders consent is very questionable if not unethical or illegal despite the user agreeing to it in the TOS. There is precedent for this being ruled as such.
According to moderators on the ECA forums these things are going to addressed, so hopefully ECA makes it right in the end. But their credibility has taken a hit regardless.