[asher]

I never worked on Adware, but I worked on a system called PrintMe, which enabled users to print to printers in Kinko's, airports, hotels, etc.

(I saw PrintMe as a logical next step after working on Cisco's internal CEPS printing system.)

PrintMe partnered with Adobe to add a PrintMe entry in the File menu of Acrobat. This was not received with universal applause. Typical disgruntled user:

https://grumpybear.wordpress.com/2010/05/09/remove-printme-i...

Nobody was openly malevolent towards users. There was earnest hope that busy business travellers, who otherwise wouldn't know about PrintMe, might use that menu entry once and become hooked.

We knew the product was very useful to a certain kind of traveller, but getting that person to notice and try the product was hard.