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by EpicEng 2922 days ago
>You get the bundled version when you click "Download FileZilla Client" and then the big green "Download FileZilla Client" button (assuming you're visiting the website from a Windows or macOS client)... In order to get the clean version, you have to click "Show additional download options" and then pick the version you want.

Right, nothing shady about this UI pattern at all.

>"This installer may include bundled offers." makes this also very clear.

It makes nothing clear. It's purposely vague language used to disguise the fact that these "bundled offers" consist of software no person would actually chose to install on their machine.

>For anyone saying that Filezilla can't be trusted anymore due to doing this, it's still open source and you can check out and build the code yourself: https://filezilla-project.org/sourcecode.php

What would that accomplish? The issue is that the dev doesn't even know what the hell comes across the wire when you chose to install this crap. How is reading the FileZilla source helpful?