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Originally posted by Unregistered
Yes, users can now choose whether or not to install the crapware/adware/spyare that you insist on including with Bearshare, and that is good. But why is that stuff there in the first place and why should anyone trust Bearshare now that we've all seen how the man who created it behaves in public? We are talking about software that controls file-sharing on our machines. It is scary enough to share files in the first place. I need to have confidence that the software I am using to share what I want to share is not invading my privacy in any other way. You have destroyed any confidence I ever had in Bearshare simply by the way that you have dealt with those who have been critical of you and your insistance on including these invasive products with it. |
He bundled those programs with BearShare to generate revenue because in this day and age, banner ads generate next to nothing.
Those programs work completely independently from BearShare and from each other, so they don't invade your privacy while using BearShare.