I think in general, this is what happens when companies start failing. CNet used to be a great company, but these days people don't go quietly off into the nigh

I think in general, this is what happens when companies start failing. CNet used to be a great company, but these days people don't go quietly off into the night. Corporations hire useless MBA types who want "synergy" with the "ecosystem" and "streamlining sales process for customers" (by customers I mean the malware companies, not the website visitors) and other nonsense euphemisms that usually means "we're going to screw someone". In a saturated s/w market it seems like the only money that's left is in places where people didn't want to go before because of the "that's kind of a dickish thing to do" self-awareness that companies used to have. While in theory, this is not Microsoft's fault, practically I don't feel comfortable recommending Windows to any family member these days. OSX is good, but a lot of OSX crapware is starting to come with kernel extensions and Launch Daemons/Agents, etc.