Down With Opt-Out, Opt-Tricky Software Distribution
Oh, the joy of downloading and installing free software — only to have a bunch of unwanted, tag-along junkware, or worse, malware, automatically installed on your computer. Why has this unacceptable practice been the norm in the software industry for so many years? The fact is, software publishers see the incredible value that can be driven through utilizing their download process as a revenue channel, and sans a good way to do so, many have mistakenly turned to dubious and oftentimes deceptive opt-out software bundling.
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Down With Opt-Out, Opt-Tricky Software Distribution
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