Like agreements with search engines to distribute pre-installed support for their services, favorite sites, and toolbar extensions, OEMs charge to incorporate such programs into computers. The process is called "bunting" in English.
Software bunting on new computers causes discomfort among a large number of users. Naturally, experienced users can uninstall a large part of such applications and services on their own, while many others are unaware of it and do not know that they negatively affect the performance of computers.
"To make a few extra dollars, these short-term ideas hurt the entire industry," PC ecosystem director Michael Angiulo said in an interview with TechRadar.
Angiulo criticizes the installation of so-called crapware (useless programs; crap = junk) on the PC, although he acknowledges that the problem has decreased to some extent. In this regard, he referred to the times when manufacturers sold computers with two pre-installed antivirus solutions, which detected each other as malware.
The executive also referred to directly harmful applications, such as a program that automatically defragmented the SSD at regular intervals. The big drawback, Angiulo said, is that SSDs should not be defragmented as it reduces the life of the drive. In addition, the program hogged all the cpu capacity, slowing down the entire system, he explained.
The fact that some PCs are marketed with abundant unnecessary software pre-installed is illustrated in an exceptionally clear way by Sony's "fresh start" offer where it offers the user a PC free of third-party software in exchange for the payment of $ 50.
Source: DiarioTI
