Re:Notepad++ leaves SourceForge
by ChrisArchitect on Monday June 15, 2015 @10:43AM
(#9719601)
so what's the deal with the 'injection'? They've been bundling crapware with the installers for a few years at least right? But for a long while there was always an option on the file list/downloads page that users in the know could click to get a clean installer 'direct download'. That appears removed now, is that what everyone is up in arms about?
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Re:Notepad++ leaves SourceForge
by davidgerard on Saturday June 20, 2015 @07:43AM
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A couple of years ago they started using a malware wrapper, that installed adware then did the real download. Projects got very upset and they swore they wouldn't do this again, then offered profitsharing (which some projects took them up on, e.g. Filezilla).
Then, two years after promising they would never do this again, they started doing it again.