Hi GaiusBaltar,

Thanks for sharing some concerns. Yes we have come to live in quite a different software world, where bundling,
marketing-ads bordering on nag screens dictate the present practice.

Another observation.
There are some misconceptions where privacy is concerned, it is now a non-existing animal and we have to come a live with these facts.

Also the commercialization on the Interwebs is growing, marketing and communication are major initiatives in this money driven model,
while security and kernel assets are marginalized.

Often the communication targets and marketing targets do not match and also in the case of avast! this might have led to users abandon ship.
“Backs to basics” seems the credo now.

Avast! is still one hell of a free av solution, but the growing marketing-noise means an annoyance to some.

polonus