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>Mirrored projects are sometimes used to deliver easy-to-decline third-party offers It's as if they know the majority of experienced users would decline those

• pbhjpbhj 11y ago
  Adobe pull this same scummy move with Flash downloads; Oracle do it with Java too. Surprised me recently setting up someone's Win 8.1 laptop as I had thought that such moves were now illegal in the EU - perhaps they are?
  • Cthulhu_ 11y ago
    Legally, no - after all, people give their express permission by leaving the box ticked. The newish anti-spam measures in the Netherlands actually forbid the 'Yes I would like to receive spam' checkboxes to be pre-checked - has to be opt-in instead of opt-out.
    • pbhjpbhj 11y ago
      I thought that was the ruling for applying whatever directive it was - that the box couldn't be pre-checked to install other software but instead the user had to check it (as in your spam example). [research ensues!] http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-11-675_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-11-675_en.htm see (3) "Banning pre-ticked boxes on websites". I'm sure Oracle - or whoever - would argue that as the consumer isn't paying they don't have to abide by the regulation but Oracle are being paid to do it so I don't see how that's any better (in fact it's worse really).