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Crapware can always just not show a tray icon and keep on running in the background. Preventing the installation of crapware is a very, very different problem to solve than putting the user in control of the user experience.


Sorry. I was meaning more along the lines of things like Quicktime, Real Player, and other such programs the user has installed as a means to an end, but now can't easily figure out that it's always running and starts to wonder why their brand new PC is running slow...




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