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Anonymous No.105877546 [Report] >>105880241 >>105881504 >>105882329 >>105882373
>the installer puts a shortcut on your desktop without your consent
Anonymous No.105878866 [Report] >>105880264
>installer is afraid of my desktop because I have an absolutely arcane system configuration.
Anonymous No.105878870 [Report]
>the torrent wants me to visit a website to get a password for the .zip
Anonymous No.105880241 [Report]
>>105877546 (OP)
>after installation the installer unsolicitedly opens the application's homepage and/or asks for a donation
Anonymous No.105880264 [Report] >>105880956 >>105881076 >>105882965
>>105878866
Cool lion background what are you 9
Anonymous No.105880956 [Report]
>>105880264
background? it's just a random picture from telegram.
Anonymous No.105881076 [Report]
>>105880264
nta but I am
Anonymous No.105881460 [Report]
>installer adds "uninstall <program>" "<program> on the web" shortcuts to start menu
>searching for program and pressing enter has 50/50 chance of opening the uninstall shortcut
Anonymous No.105881504 [Report]
>>105877546 (OP)

installer moves over on german tech never fully trust tech
Anonymous No.105881651 [Report]
>installer is actually a net installer
>program needs 1-3 <big-chungus> runtimes installed or won't work
>program doesn't have a uninstaller included
>program has an "auto updater" included
Anonymous No.105882315 [Report]
installer actually installs
Anonymous No.105882329 [Report]
>>105877546 (OP)
>the installer autoruns the installed program as Administrator without your consent
Anonymous No.105882360 [Report]
>installer just unpacks a portable program
>adds a shortcut to the desktop, a folder with 4 entries into the start menu, and an entry in the program list
>no way to download the program as standalone, you have to clean up the trash it adds
I hate this piece of shit mentality
Anonymous No.105882373 [Report]
>>105877546 (OP)
>Installer pollutes your start menu folder (program program32, program64, program uninstaller, program docs, program web homepage, program config, program setup, program launcher)
Anonymous No.105882660 [Report]
>running arbitrary code as root to install apps
Windows is really something else
Anonymous No.105882850 [Report]
>installer tries to download dependencies from a bunch of dead links
Anonymous No.105882892 [Report] >>105882945
what is the use case for an installer? who needs more than application folder in a .zip?
Anonymous No.105882945 [Report]
>>105882892
to install adware on your grandma's computer to generate shareholder value
Anonymous No.105882965 [Report]
>>105880264
thats a hunting cam you mongrel
Anonymous No.105882987 [Report]
>installer installs a software downloader and tells you it will now download what you thought you were already downloading
Anonymous No.105883017 [Report] >>105883129
>ctrl+shift+alt+windows+L
Anonymous No.105883129 [Report]
>>105883017
don't use this it makes recruiter gas