Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops

Re:Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops by sokoloff on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @10:12PM (#18557736)

Amazon gives you a $20 discount to take ads on Kindle purchases. The possibility of having to pay $10 only if caught and fined seems like not at all a deterrent.

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Re:Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops by mogadsheu on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @11:31PM (#18558122)

Agreed it’s tiny.. hopefully this fine implies that future infractions may carry much more serious penalties

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Re:Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops by dmd on Thursday November 29, 2018 @11:03AM (#18561157)

This fine implies to me that future infractions will not be taken seriously, just as this one wasn't.

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Re:Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops by giancarlostoro on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @10:33PM (#18557845)

Amazon ads are usually for things Amazon sells... Windows sorta advertises too... Products Microsoft sells too

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Re:Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops by paulie_a on Thursday November 29, 2018 @09:13AM (#18560241)

I don't agree with it but cross promotion of products a company sells is at least a little more reasonable.

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