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Webmaster Forum / Flash / General Flash Topics / July 2008flash and google toolbar
I would like to know how much adobe sold its soul for by putting in google toolbar in the install for flash player. There wasn't even a checkbox to not install. This is walking the edge of MALWARE. I do not want google toolbar on my computer but it installed without notice. Anybody out there feel the same and have a way to install without the toolbar? I have uninstalled the toolbar but I fear that the soul selling of adobe will creep into other products. What is next, you can't install adobe photoshop (retail) without first installing the google toolbar. ashobe, > I would like to know how much adobe sold its soul for by > putting in google toolbar in the install for flash player. This was a heavy issue in the forums when it first happened, but it's been quite a while (years, now). I think it might have even been Macromedia that did the soul-selling, if that's what it is. > There wasn't even a checkbox to not install. What URL were you using? After the initial protest, years ago, the Google toolbar was made optional. I haven't seen it as non-optional since. > Anybody out there feel the same and have a way to install > without the toolbar? I just did it the other day, for testing. I selected the checkbox that included the toolbar. > What is next, you can't install adobe photoshop (retail) without > first installing the google toolbar. That's a pretty big leap, since Flash Player is free and Photoshop isn't, and doesn't run in a browser. David Stiller Adobe Community Expert Dev blog, http://www.quip.net/blog/ "Luck is the residue of good design." I have always seen a checkbox that gives to option to not install. On my computers which don't have a Google toolbar, I have successfully updated the Flash player dozens of times without having the Google toolbar installed. And this topic has been argued to death on this and other forums. |
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