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Can confirm sourceforge was huge

• zhte415 9y ago
  Another vote for Sourceforge; even today it contains a lot of stuff.
  • cocoa19 9y ago
    Sourceforge got desperate for money and they started modifying installation packages to contain crapware, an example is FileZilla. I try to stay away from sourceforge since then.
    • mdekkers 9y ago
      Sourceforge got desperate for money and they started modifying installation packages to contain crapware That is only a relatively recent development.
      • protomyth 9y ago
        And one they have stated here on HN that the new owners are ending. Judging by the comments everytime they are mentioned, they need to do a lot more aggressive PR.
        • loganabbott 9y ago
          Trust me, we are trying.
        • dragandj 9y ago
          They can do whatever they want, many people won't touch them for the rest of their lives, I'm among them.
          • protomyth 9y ago
            How is that a productive attitude in life towards anything? The people who did the deed are long gone, but the people who want to restore and advance SourceForge are SOL?
            • dragandj 9y ago
              Because there is competition that have never done anything bad like SF, that offers better products. Would you buy your groceries at Al Capone's, while there's a grandpa's groceries just right next door that offers better, cheaper, and more versatile stuff?
              • protomyth 9y ago
                SourceForge isn't owned by the same people anymore, so your example is rather bogus.
      • quadrangle 9y ago
        It's not recent at all, it's just something that happened since GitHub first launched, but they had that issue for years. And the recent development is having new owners who stopped that bullshit.
        • mdekkers 9y ago
          relatively recent - they have been around since 1999, and the scamware stuff didn't start until 2013.
      • MilnerRoute 9y ago
        SourceForge now scans all projects for malware and displays warnings on downloads (sourceforge.net) 3 points by loganabbott 367 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=loganabbott https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=loganabbott
        • protomyth 9y ago
          I think mdekkers meant it was a recent development in the history of SourceForge and was not true for most of its existence. It has been rectified.
    • quadrangle 9y ago
      SF has new owners, all the crapware and other worst practices have been gone for months.