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Re: How long before... said by Combat Chuck:How about we stop muddying definitions and call spyware, spyware and adware, adware. How about they give us reason to not call their software "spyware"? The terms in their EULAs admit that they are tracking your useage, and that is spying IMHO..and apparantly others too.
said by Combat Chuck:The legitimate companies can't release legitimate ad-ware (in it's original definition) because of the undue baggage you've lumped on the word "adware", just look at the crap Qualcomm took when Eudora mail suddenly showed up with an empty directory that was named "ADS". Hmm...I wasn't aware of that case, as that would be the first I've ever seen of an ad-based software not utilizing stealth installs, or deceptive EULAs.
However, legitimate companies have no problem releasing advertising-supported software because...so far, it hasn't really shown up anywhere. You have easily 100 spyware-running "Adware" companies to every potential 1 that legitimately is Adware...and this is the user's problem? Get "Adware" companies to clean up their act (ie. call a spade a spade), and then you might find trust from the internet. Until then, we can't blame people for being over protective of their systems in an "Adware" market full of companies peddling malicious software. |
