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Anonymous
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Re: Call it crapware then...

You're missing a letter.

It's shitware.

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Jason
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Hmmm..

Tracks various usage statistics, then relays them back to the mothership?

No pop-up window asking you if you want that info going out? No user interface to make it verbose? No uninstaller?

Sound a hell of a lot like spying to me.

Actually, it sounds more like sh*tware to me.

Oof.

-Jason
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