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Originally posted by billywoods1
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Originally posted by Turge
I'm not sure I understand why you don't remove the checkmark to install the sponsor by default. If people support the Plus, and they don't mind having their OS hijacked by one of the most offensive programs out there, they could always put the checkmark themselves and install it. (From what I understand, a lot of users who support Plus won't even attempt this!)
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Does he really need to?? There's a whole forum here explaining it to ten people a day. There's a huge licence agreement (which you skipped past because of what...?)
10 users out of 4,000,000. I would hardly think he doesn't need to.
Bottom line is this:
I am in the field of supporting users and their PCs. I support 1000 PCs at work, and about 20 outside of work. (friends and family). It is a fact that a large percentage of the population doesn't know what a sponsor program is. If it was said that the sponsor program was going to take over your browser and annoy the SH*T out of you, you wouldn't install it. There's a reason the checkmark to install the sponsor exists. It is there to get more people to install it. If it was removed, less people would have installed it. The right thing to do would be to leave the checkbox blank and explain what the sponsor program is. That way, users could then elect to install something which they UNDERSTOOD what it would do to their browser.
What do you think the odds are of any of our parents, for example, removing the checkmark? Honestly, I feel bad for the many users who have installed it and don't have anyone around to help them remove this.
How many users installed Kazaa 1-2 years ago and became part of a super-node? It wasn't right then, and it's not right now.
By the way, contrary to what you people think, the users who don't agree with the sponsor program and the way it was implemented are not STUPID. They are voicing an opinion. One which most of you have made clear is completely unwanted here.
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