Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops
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Re: Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops
#2Seems like a small fine, compared to the potential financial benefit of that installation. Hopefully it serves as a deterrent for future adware installs. If not, maybe we start calling our lawmakers.
For those of you in the adware space, would you pay >$10 per head to install your adware onto a computer? My guess is absolutely.
Re: Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops
#3this bad
Re: Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops
#4I had to read twice and go through the article to make sure of the amount.
IMO they'd deserve _way_ more than that. The precedent is scary.
Re: Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops
#5Seems like a small fine, compared to the potential financial benefit of that installation. Hopefully it serves as a deterrent for future adware installs. If not, maybe we start calling our lawmakers. For those of you in the adware space, would you pay >$10 per head to install your adware onto a computer? My guess is absolutely.
Amazon gives you a $20 discount to take ads on Kindle purchases. The possibility of having to pay $10 only if caught and fined seems like not at all a deterrent.
Re: Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops
#6Fines are just a cost of business to corporations. We need to put people and prison and take control of the corporation, turning it over to the public.
Re: Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops
#7Seems like a small fine, compared to the potential financial benefit of that installation. Hopefully it serves as a deterrent for future adware installs. If not, maybe we start calling our lawmakers. For those of you in the adware space, would you pay >$10 per head to install your adware onto a computer? My guess is absolutely.
Amazon gives you a $20 discount to take ads on Kindle purchases. The possibility of having to pay $10 only if caught and fined seems like not at all a deterrent.
Amazon ads are usually for things Amazon sells... Windows sorta advertises too... Products Microsoft sells too
Re: Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops
#8I had to read twice and go through the article to make sure of the amount. IMO they'd deserve _way_ more than that. The precedent is scary.
Yeah, that looks like a minor slap on the wrist.
Re: Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops
#9They also installed a "security" browser toolbar that was based on Conduit malware.
Re: Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in laptops
#10Fines are just a cost of business to corporations. We need to put people and prison and take control of the corporation, turning it over to the public.
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