jmacavali
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Why does every single piece of software or update try to install a toolbar or change my home page or install other bloatware. Downloaded CPU Z from Cnet. CNet requires it's own installer to be installed and then tries to install some shitty ass software and toolbar with it. Finally get it all unchecked and then CPUZ tries to install another shitty ass toolbar and software.
Do Adobe reader updates (which deserves it's own rant - 98% of the usage time for Reader is updating it, 2% is actually looking at a PDF) and it tries to do the same thing. Install this great toolbar, install this other great bloatware. Flash player and Java are the same thing.
If I wanted my comptuer to be full of bloatware and move along at a snails pace I'd go out and install the shit myself. I don't need it to come from you. And now I have to do a "custom" install to remove the check boxes...come on CNet your better than that. How many average users just hit next-next-next and then wonder why half their screen is full of toolbars when they open IE. It's bullshit!
I understand it's a way to make money for freeware companies and I understand that it's going to happen but why make it so complicated and why make it every single time there's an update? Just let me install what I came to install and leave my computer alone.
I know, I know but it makes me sick when I go to work on someones computer because it's "slow" and all I do is unistall a bunch of toolbars and bloatware that they got unknowingly by update their java or flash or reader (which again all deserve their own rant for updating every 3 days and reminding you to update every 5 minutes).
I just wish they would make it more obvious and make it easier to not install the crap they try to give you or at least not make it the default. Again but at least I feel better.... sort of...
Do Adobe reader updates (which deserves it's own rant - 98% of the usage time for Reader is updating it, 2% is actually looking at a PDF) and it tries to do the same thing. Install this great toolbar, install this other great bloatware. Flash player and Java are the same thing.
If I wanted my comptuer to be full of bloatware and move along at a snails pace I'd go out and install the shit myself. I don't need it to come from you. And now I have to do a "custom" install to remove the check boxes...come on CNet your better than that. How many average users just hit next-next-next and then wonder why half their screen is full of toolbars when they open IE. It's bullshit!
I understand it's a way to make money for freeware companies and I understand that it's going to happen but why make it so complicated and why make it every single time there's an update? Just let me install what I came to install and leave my computer alone.
I know, I know but it makes me sick when I go to work on someones computer because it's "slow" and all I do is unistall a bunch of toolbars and bloatware that they got unknowingly by update their java or flash or reader (which again all deserve their own rant for updating every 3 days and reminding you to update every 5 minutes).
I just wish they would make it more obvious and make it easier to not install the crap they try to give you or at least not make it the default. Again but at least I feel better.... sort of...
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