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"Superfish was included [...] to help customers potentially discover interesting products while shopping". Wow how thoughtful and helpful of them. I don't und
by lifeformed 12y ago
"Superfish was included [...] to help customers potentially discover interesting products while shopping".
Wow how thoughtful and helpful of them.
I don't understand the point of bloatware. Are the manufacturers making a ton of money off of them or something? How much could bloatware writers possibly be offering to make it worth uglifying your brand?
- ptaipale 12y agoYes, "ton of money" meaning a few grand. I think manufacturers are selling their reputation for too cheap. There of course is a point that each manufacturer would like to provide some added value through software that would set them apart from other vendors - because hardware competition is so fierce - but unfortunately their priorities for selecting the vendors they use are really bad. Much of the crap is just horrible, and I don't recall seeing anything really useful recently.
- TeMPOraL 12y agoYup. You know how real value-add looks like? Permanent +50GB of DropBox I got when I bought my Galaxy S4. While I wasn't aware of it until I bought the phone and was just pleasantly surprised, it's a kind of thing that really could influence my choice of phone if I was on the edge of a choice.