Tech, we might have to agree to disagree on the value of the extra "tools" that Avast packages along with their perfectly good antivirus package.
I'm not advocating the value of the tools, the problem is what is being shared for free, the price we need to pay as free users.
I realize that's demeaning and I'll try to avoid using that term since it apparently bothers you.
No, I'm not taking this personally in any way. It does not bothers me. It's unfair and messes the forum atmosphere, that is what bothers me as a long time avast! helper.
That being said, I'd like to point out that it was someone at your company who programmed the installer to allow us to uncheck boxes and avoid installation of all those "tools" that seem an awful lot like the very PUPs we're trying to use Avast to avoid getting into our computers.
I'm sure the tech people behind these decisions knows exactly what they're doing.
If it bothers you that people disrespect your practice of pushing these extras on them, well, it should! You reap what you sow. Perhaps it's because you've programmed the product - free or upgraded - with Big Shiny Buttons to try to trick people into buying upgrades, to carry a default opt-in installation of Chrome, and packaging of a bunch of 3rd party "tools" you don't have the source code for and which you can't have fully vetted.
They're not being pushed. You can uncheck the options. You're free to do it and still use the great antimalware shields.
What user impressions do you honestly expect from that?
220 million users voted. Some of them complain. Few post here in forum. That are the impressions I have. Besides, more than 60% of the users recommend avast! to their relatives and friends. 4 million like the page on Facebook. Really, we're not alone
