You know , what some of these companies ought to do is what Opera does with their web browser. Cydoor is in Opera, but it doesn't operate unless you are running the program, and doesn't have a separate .dll that resides outside of the program.

Most of us appreciate having full time developers working on programs, I know I do. I also know that bandwidth and servers take time and money to upkeep, so I dont mind supporting good programs with a few ads and whatnot, but HATE popups and porn banners interrupting my downloads (CLUE: I am not interested in porn, and even if I were, I'm sure not going to go give my credit card to some foreign, offshore scammer, HELLOOOOOOOOOO!!)

Topmoxie and ezula are totally unacceptable, gator maybe useful, I dont trust it with my info anymore than I trust Microsoft Wallet, or Passport. These programs absolutely betray your trust to profiteers and scumlords. They also ripoff webmasters who are relying on ads for their website to operate, although as a business plan ads seem to leave a lot to be desired, even slashdot has a subscription now.

In short they need to find a better way to roll ads into the product
without being intrusive, and give users a means to opt-out of ALL bundled software if they want.