What’s more, all too often they are either hidden among a mountain of boring text or placed on a separate page entirely. It seems that the norm these days is for those all-important “opt-in check boxes” to be already checked by default. Unfortunately, the companies that do business on the up-and-up like this are growing fewer by the day.
consciously agree to install the add-ons) before any junkware is actually installed. Reputable companies make add-on software truly optional by creating an installer that requires us to opt-in (i.e. These add-on programs are often derisively referred to as “junkware”.
In order to make money, the companies that distribute free software typically either include ads that we view as we use their programs or they get paid by other software companies to distribute their software as optional add-on programs bundled with the free downloads.
While it’s true that we can download tons of free programs without having to lay out any cash, we often end up paying in other ways. As regular readers of this blog already know, I’m a huge fan of free software.Īnd thanks to the Internet there are thousands of great free programs available for instant download right onto our computers.īut truth be told, much of that “free” software isn’t actually free.
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