Publication
Editorial standards and funding
The way this publication researches, writes and revises its articles, and how it is paid for.
Sources
Statements about a maker’s products, keys, accounts or addresses are drawn from that maker’s own documentation: its knowledge base, its online manuals, its published terms and its own announcements. Government consumer-protection guidance is cited for the general rules about impersonation. Third-party pages, forum posts and press coverage are used only for context and are identified as such.
Voice and scope
Articles are written in the third person and describe mechanisms rather than giving instructions. They do not walk a reader through an installation, do not diagnose a problem on a particular computer, and do not recommend one maker over another. The aim is that a reader understands what the screens they see are for.
Dating and revision
Every reference article shows the date on which its facts were last checked. An article is re-checked when a maker changes a product name, a key format, an address or a policy, and the check date is moved forward only after the whole article has been compared with current documentation.
Corrections
A correction changes the text in place and adds a dated note at the foot of the article describing what changed. Requests for correction are read at joyrosyref@gmail.com and are answered when they lead to a change. Requests for assistance with a subscription or a device are not answered, because the publication does not offer that.
Funding
The publication is funded by its publisher. It carries no third-party advertising, sells nothing and takes no payment from readers.
The publication receives no payment, commission or free product from any software maker, and no maker reviews or approves its content. Pages of the publication may be promoted through paid search listings placed by the publisher; that promotion does not alter what the pages say.
Independence
No person involved in writing or publishing this site is employed by, contracted to, or otherwise compensated by a company named on it. Brand and product names appear only to identify the software being described.