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As far as I remember this had nothing to do with FileZilla in particular and was instead SourceForge repackaging all the popular software hosted on its platform
by iLoveOncall 3y ago
As far as I remember this had nothing to do with FileZilla in particular and was instead SourceForge repackaging all the popular software hosted on its platform with adware.
- dagurp 3y agoThey must have been aware of it
- latexr 3y agoRead beyond the first paragraph. This wasn’t a one off and they didn’t stop.
- iLoveOncall 3y agoOk but it has been going on at worst since 2018, not for a decade.
- latexr 3y agoNo, it has been going on for a decade because they knew about it and defended the practice. You only need to look on this very thread to find more information. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39614226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39614226
- odux 3y agoThe download from filezilla-project.org even now has “bundled offers” at least for the Windows version (the Windows download page even has this disclaimer “This installer may include bundled offers. Check below for more options.”).
- creatonez 3y agoNope. They were a victim of this at one point, but also decided to do their own adware bundling. Sourceforge doesn't do this anymore.