Good point, polonus. It seems like a good reason to have options to choose what to install and what not to install to me, although lately such options are being made less and less available (I don't mean by Avast, but in general), on the pretense that people who aren't "in the know" will just get themselves in trouble.
I concede that there are as many different ways to use a computer as there are people. And as many different needs. Most people may want a "make me safe" anti-malware solution without having to give up any functionality or freedom at all, but that's akin to wanting to be Superman. Reality unfortunately isn't like that.
That said, those of us "in the know", using computers to create programs or content, and whose habits don't take them to "the bad side of town" much, and who know how to keep the doors closed to malware don't really need the same things as someone casually surfing for entertainment and wanting to see all the glitz the world has to offer.
-Noel