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JPCass
join:2001-01-23
Denver, CO | Should there be more options? A lot of the controversy, and the difficulty the detection companies have with these companies putting out the invasive software, is the lumping together of the most abusive of it - uninstallable, reporting to remote servers, etc. - from the more moderate adware. While it's close to equally objectionable to most of us technical users, there may in fact be a real distinction to be made.
Would it help clarify these controversies, for the detection companies to break software into different categories? They might be able to deal with the adware vendors more easily, by having criterial for downgrading applications that were uninstallable and better behaved, rather than having no choice between dropping the application completely from detection or else getting into an ugly fight. Users could then make choices as to what level of software removal they wanted. Or would that just muddy the waters, and complicate the fight against mal/ad - ware? | |
 Rogue WolfAte Your Homework, And Framed The Dog
join:2003-08-12
Troy, NY | While there are plenty of what I might term "fanatics" whose view is "crapware is crapware, if I didn't put it on my computer it doesn't belong and I want it to die", I personally think you may have a point. It seems as though these companies are more using the terminology as an excuse for these lawsuits, and not actually suing the makers of the anti-(X)ware programs for REMOVING the programs in question. Maybe they know that angle to be a hopeless fight, and are using the attack available to them? Would changing the terminology or perhaps ranking these programs help- and if so, how would we avoid the mess Lavasoft ran into with its TAC system concerning WhenU?
Worth thinking about, I believe.
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