Maybe, just maybe, one of these days the developers will wake up and see that people are getting sick and tired of all the bundled spyware and are moving on to something that is not intrusive. The main reason and purpose of the cleanclient versions is to get rid of all the spyware and malicious code, and as long as the code is open source, and the developers continue to bundle the offensive software, these clean versions will only become more popular, and are free!

I can see the response now..."Then buy the spyware free version, if you don't want the spyware". My response to that would be, be realistic, why would anyone pay from something that they can find an alternative for, thats free! Thats human nature.

These spyware companies are in the "spotlight" now, their underhanded tactics are becoming known to the masses, and if legitimate software providers continue to associate themselves with them, then they too will be in the "unfavorable" spotlight.