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Like most people they probably know what sucks to have sprung on them. If they don't want their brand to suck as well then they can strive to align with peoples

Like most people they probably know what sucks to have sprung on them. If they don't want their brand to suck as well then they can strive to align with peoples' expectations of how such software should behave. You don't like popups? I'll bet they know that. I think the investors can see the value in not tarnishing the brand and so that might fuel their efforts to make sure none of their advertisers can be classified as malware/adware.

jiggy2011 14y ago
Problem is that the end user is probably going to think "My computer is full of pop-ups wtf is going on?" not "oh, I have popups because I installed FreePornApp 2.0 which came with InstallMonitizer 3, I'll make sure not to get anything with that bundleware again".
- coderdude 14y ago
  I've mentioned several times now that this company could review software that gets bundled. It's going full circle. Let's end this with: Who cares.
  - jiggy2011 14y ago
    There is no business reason to align the review process with customer needs, only with ROI.
illuminate 14y ago
"You don't like popups? I'll bet they know that." Knowing is not caring.
- guard-of-terra 14y ago
  Offtopic: I'm sorry to tell but due to HN clumsiness your post in another topic has been declared nonpost, in the Orwellian manner: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5061390 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5061390 This one, [dead] My response would have been, that's exactly what we were discussing: having children to "choose" between pleasure now and maybe pleasure in distant future. Doesn't have anything to do with me.
  - illuminate 14y ago
    It was meant more as a joke more than as a beratement, anyway. Thanks!
    - guard-of-terra 14y ago
      Oh, I think I kind of get it now :)