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Same scam, new brand? Whatever happened to the Norton class of product? Those delivered good value to the user. Did what they promised, didn't spy, didn't upsel
by edoceo 7y ago
Same scam, new brand? Whatever happened to the Norton class of product? Those delivered good value to the user. Did what they promised, didn't spy, didn't upsell me through FUD and dark patterns.
- ben509 7y agoLooking at their history[1], they got commoditized. They were first clobbered as the OS vendors started to build in utilities that were good enough for most people, and later open source software was better. Add to that they wanted to capture a larger demographic, so they've exited the hobbyist market entirely and got into PC optimization / AV / VPN snake oil. They became the crapware you have to delete from a new Windows machine. And now branding themselves after ID theft snake oil? If you burned $30 a month at least you'd get warm. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Utilities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Utilities