The true reason is a regulatory environment where snake-oil peddling corporations lobby for governments to mandate the use of their crapware in the name of secu

The true reason is a regulatory environment where snake-oil peddling corporations lobby for governments to mandate the use of their crapware in the name of security and reliability. This causes senior management to push for the installation of this crapware/malware on their systems, overriding the objection of their system administrators who know better. Senior management want to cover their asses, and the administrators shrug their shoulders and respond "if you say so". In sum it is mostly a regulatory racket that is profitable for the peddlers of this crapware and for management who can claim that they did what they were required to do to stop shit from happening. Everybody wins except shareholders, customers and IT staff who have to fix this mess without getting the righteously justified overtime and bonuses. Why do you think insurance companies have backing out of the business of insuring against these kind of disasters? They've clearly learned better. Why do you think I stopped using Norton, MacAfee, etc, etc, and etc and opted for just decent backups and Windows own built-in stuff?