It could also be the company doing A/B testing of different website options. Google does that continuously with its search results.
Ben > On Oct 23, 2014, at 3:08 PM, Russ Michaels <r...@michaels.me.uk> wrote: > > > its not just Adobe, Java does this as well with their never ending daily > updates. > Sometimes there has been no option to NOT install the other crapware it > wants to put on my computer. It almost seems as though they intentionally > exclude the opt out option because they know people are so used to having > to install this update they will just click through without thinking about > it, which I have done a couple of times. > >> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 10:55 PM, Mike K <afpwebwo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Jenny, thank you for your contribution. I hate to disagree with you, but >> since I knew the flash installer was going to try to force McAfee on me as >> it did last time (and really made a mess of my Norton - I had to reinstall >> that too as a result), I was looking for the checkbox or button so I could >> decline to install it. . >> >> And it didnt appear. I had no choice to not install McAfee. >> >> I think there are different versions of the installer, or it offers the >> choice in some circumstances and not in others. But i DID NOT have the >> choice to decline installing McAfee. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 1:42 AM, Jenny Gavin-Wear < >> jenn...@fasttrackonline.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> >>> Yes you were. It's just not very obvious. It's in the middle of the top >>> area of the screen. >>> >>> Regardless, it should default to unclicked. I wrote to Adobe about this >>> and >>> got a prompt reply promising a change. No change made, no change >> accepted. >>> But when have Adobe ever listened to user feedback? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Mike K [mailto:afpwebwo...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: 18 October 2014 21:08 >>> To: cf-talk >>> Subject: Re: Adobe is just a spammer now >>> >>> >>> You can say whatever you like, Eric but i was given NO OPPORTUNITY TO >>> DESELECT the installation of the McAfee product which I definitely DO NOT >>> WANT. >>> >>> I downloaded the flash installer, then ran the installer, and it went >>> right ahead and installed two items - the flash player and then without >>> pause the McAfee crap. >>> >>> Because of the treatment I received from McAfee a few years back, I >>> resolved >>> never EVER to do business with McAfee again, and so it's doubly bad that >>> Adobe force it on me. >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> Mike Kear >>> Windsor, NSW, Australia >>> Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks >>> http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion 9 Enterprise, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET >> hosting >>> from AUD$15/month >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 3:51 AM, Eric Roberts < >>> ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Yes...you can deselect it...it is a detestable practice that should >>>> default to not checked rather than checked. >>>> >>>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:359515 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
