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> - Most users just click OK for installers, it is like the EULA This installer specifically has a separate page for the offer with a big Accept and Decline bu
by JohnTHaller 13y ago
> - Most users just click OK for installers, it is like the EULA
This installer specifically has a separate page for the offer with a big Accept and Decline button along with a What's This link in between that links to a page explaining it.
> - I am yet to see a toolbar that does anything useful to anybody
They also offer trial versions of certain software like antivirus and were working on getting other software on board last I chatted with them.
Like I said, I'm not involved in the process at present and do not participate in the optional bundling program. Bundling 3rd party offers is prohibited within PortableApps.com Format.
- bad_user 13y agoAntivirus software is the perfect illustration of snake-oil. Antiviruses don't actually protect the user from anything, they just use tons of resources while making loud notifications, to make the user think she's continually under threat and oh look, this piece of shit is actually worth something. I've got an old PC at home, with a ten year old installation of Windows XP, on which I play games. It never had an antivirus active, I just run ClamAV on it every couple of years. It was never virused either. My wife's laptop on the other hand is perpetually virused, in spite of the commercial antiviruses that she tried. That's because those antiviruses don't do shit for her, or for the hundreds of millions of users that get tricked into paying racketeering taxes.
- JohnTHaller 13y agoI really love the "Waaa, facts I don't like" downvotes the best. :)