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IMO, the big problem here isn't so much the install as the uninstall.

Think that installing Conduit will add value to my computer? Then go ahead, default it to "install" - but let me uninstall it in the usual way.

It's the fact that most of these programs are designed to be as hard to uninstall as possible that's the big problem. And as soon as you're trying to stop me uninstalling your software, IMO, you're basically making malware.




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