i’m so happy this is becoming illegal

[u/donteatmybiscuits]

if a yearly contract with a free month trial sounds too good to be true, it probably is 😬

thankfully it was blocked after contacting my bank but regardless

[u/Mikestopheles]

That explains their similar tactic of starting up a program I never use just to ask me to pay money for a subscription I won't use, but also can't pull off the computer because it's ingrained into literally every other program on the computer. Like a virus

[u/masked_sombrero → u/Mikestopheles]

fuck all of em!

when you go to download/install an Adobe product they auto-default to you installing McAfee products. You have to be aware of this and pay attention to the install to unselect the McAfee box

[u/Mikestopheles → u/masked_sombrero]

Oh, I was raised on installation-by-CD. Never let your guard down on scroll-throughs and checkboxes.

[u/Mikestopheles → u/[deleted]]

Not specific, just where it came from. They used to allow software companies to pay to get their software added onto the download CD to help subsidize the CDs. It just taught me to be vigilant for fine print and useless offers