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by JohnTHaller 3804 days ago
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.
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Ok, fair enough. I didn't understand your post that way. I'd be fine with more download pages on that list.