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powersnail01/17/20251 replyview on HN

The worst offender I've seen in this regard was some GUI program on Windows, and it had this checkbox in its installation process with some wording like this:

"Please do not uncheck if you do not wish to not install XXX (bundled bloatware)"

I just assumed that the default state must be installing the bloatware, and changed it, and fortunately I was right.


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lukan01/17/2025

"I just assumed that the default state must be installing the bloatware, and changed it, and fortunately I was right."

That's how it is usually and also my way to navigate modern UI.

"No, I don't want to share all of what I do on my device with you and your 800 partners"