Yahoo! Bundling Software With New YIM
If you are thinking about downloading that new Yahoo! Instant Messenger you were just asked to upgrade to: Beware - Yahoo! is now bundling a whole host of it's other software into the download package - most of which you probably won't want to install.
Yahoo! are using what is known as "guerilla" tactics to send a whole bunch of their software packages your way, desguised as only one. Banking on the fact that most people will automatically use the 'typical' (or 'default') install method that is given on software packages, as opposed to the no more complicated alternative of the 'custom' install, Yahoo! are able to do this without the user ever knowing until they find their new additions themselves.
Yahoo! are bundling the following software into the package:
This blog entry was posted on Friday, September 2, 2005 @ 12:12 pm and is filed under: Miscelleneous.