There was a whole startup, "Comet Cursor" whose goal was to get people to install a plugin (that spied on you, of course) to get enhanced cursors. I was working

There was a whole startup, "Comet Cursor" whose goal was to get people to install a plugin (that spied on you, of course) to get enhanced cursors. I was working for a Big Media company in the early 2000s when the Comet Cursor execs managed to convince our execs that it would be a good idea to accept money from Comet Cursor in exchange for forcing downloads on our customers.