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baggy_troughyesterday at 9:17 PM3 repliesview on HN

Please do not call it malware, because it is not. It is just bad software UI.


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3formyesterday at 10:22 PM

It's _badly intentioned_ (and not just UI). Blackmailing you with losing labelling, which worked fine before all that is a clear proof. So "malware" is not really so far off the point.

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aprenticyesterday at 9:45 PM

Why not?

It's a software feature designed to benefit Google at the expense of the user.

xerox13steryesterday at 11:24 PM

ok then.

Malformed Software. or, malware.