[fwn]

The exact bundleware you describe is a badware risk, no matter for what reason it is designed. It is badware since you would not install it if the installer did not trick you, and it is a risk since the bundling bets on your inability to catch all the UI patterns designed to make you install it.

I personally deactivated the block after stumbeling over it. The dialogue is straight forward and takes exactly one click to never bother you with the specific rule ever again. (It looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/A7pA5mb.png )

It may be targeted at the tech crowd, but I think this could be said for the whole extension.

[JohnTHaller]

I'm not arguing that any bundleware is a badware risk. At all. I was arguing that it's disingenuous to block 400,000 projects on SourceForge because of 10 that do bundleware that's on the less worse end of the spectrum (bad but less bad) while still allowing download sites that have much worse bundleware (closer to or actually malware, 10x offers instead of 2, more dark patterns making it more likely you make a mistake, installers that install bundleware even when you select not to, etc) to get through without an issue.

[fwn]

Ok, fair enough. I didn't understand your post that way. I'd be fine with more download pages on that list.