This may already have been discussed, but if not.... it's grave enough to report here.
[...] Google and Dell have teamed up to install some software on Dell computers that borders on being spyware [...]
http://blog.opendns.com/2007/05/22/google-turns-the-page/
(I realize OpenDNS talks with forked tongue in defence of their own not wholly holy practices, but the screendumps speak for themselves.) |
I got a Sony Vaio laptop and it also came with all kinds of GoogleCrap(TM). Among many other companies' "pre-installed partner offerings." (Not sure if Google explicitly agreed to the deal or not though.) |
My macbook pro didn't come with any 3rd party crap. :) |