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All this will only ever be solved by one thing and one thing only. Microsoft needs to tell these OEMs that either they give perfectly clean installs of Windows,
by Apreche 14y ago
All this will only ever be solved by one thing and one thing only. Microsoft needs to tell these OEMs that either they give perfectly clean installs of Windows, or they don't get any copies of Windows at all. Think about how many people in the world hate Windows or PCs in general simply because their experience has been ruined by crapware. If Microsoft had never allowed crapware, what would the world look like today?
- GuiA 14y agoWindows would probably not be as widespread as it is now
- dangrossman 14y agoMicrosoft is considered to hold monopoly power in the x86 PC operating system market. Any leverage of that monopoly to reduce competition in a different market would be a violation of antitrust laws. Forbidding manufacturers from entering into agreements to preinstall antivirus software, search toolbars, and other crapware they typically install as a condition of licensing Windows would be such a leverage of power. Thus, they are legally barred from taking your suggestion. IANAL
- mhb 14y agoHow about just buying from places that sell a clean computer without crapware? Yes it will cost more. And watching shows on TV costs more if you want to see them without commercials.
- gojomo 14y agoThis story on Vizio's PCs from summer had a part that suggested the 'Microsoft Signature' program was at least partially an attempt in this direction: http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/15/3076519/vizio-reboot-pc-american-hdtv-success-do-it-again http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/15/3076519/vizio-reboot-pc-am... The program doesn't seem to have gotten much traction, though, and to the extent it's mentioned at all at Microsoft they are not discussing the "less crapware" angle.
- w1ntermute 14y ago> The program doesn't seem to have gotten much traction, though Not least because the Vizio PCs in question turned out to be utter crap[0][1]. 0: http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/23/3169716/vizio-15-6-inch-thin-light-ultrabook-review http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/23/3169716/vizio-15-6-inch-th... 1: http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/1/3411560/vizio-14-inch-thin-light-ultrabook-review http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/1/3411560/vizio-14-inch-thin...