Treating people who come to us for help on Growl in this manner is not a good idea, let's stop. He came to us for help, not a lecture about reading the EULA.
I do appreciate the sentiment about Growl in your post, but I think you could have been nicer to this person about it. It's not their fault that HP did this. Chris On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Roy Lovejoy <[email protected]> wrote: > Check your license agreement from HP.. > > You know, the one you didn't read, but clicked 'I Agree'. > > Buried deep down I'm sure is the standard clause where you DID grant them > permission to install whatever software on your computer. > > "rubbish"? good god.. lighten up. > growl is one of the most mature, cleanest, DESIRED addition to the > macintosh environment, and has been for MANY years. > > On Mar 9, 2011, at 6:13 AM, Craig wrote: > > > Hello. > > > > I just bought an HP printer. I installed the software on my Mac as per > > the printed instructions. I now have "Growl" on my Mac. The HP > > installer did NOT ask me for permission to do this. HP printer > > software is not listed on your web site in the list of known software > > products that do this. > > > > I do not know what Growl is. I do not want it. I'm furious that this > > has happened on my system. I do not know your software nor trust your > > website. You tell me to download your uninstaller software from the > > web and run it to uninstall Growl. How do I know what that uninstaller > > (if that's what it is) will do? Only a moron would run software he > > downloads from an unknown and untrusted website. I'm not running this. > > > > Please tell me how to delete this rubbish from my Mac myself. And tell > > me why I have it. > > > > NOT happy. > > > > Craig. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Growl Discuss" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Growl Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en.
