The only crapware I’ve seen in packages downloaded from Softpedia is the crapware in the actual adware installers, put there by the developers, not Softpedia. I’ve been using it for years and unlike cnet, brothersoft or softonic it never used crapware, or least not it’s own crapware. To the best of my knowledge, they do their best to help you AVOID crapware as much as possible:ġ) Softpedia is the LAST major download portal that never had a downloader or wrapper or whatever you wanna call it. Wait, what? You lost me at ‘Sites like Softpedia have their own version of an “install manager”’… Softpedia? Seriously? Take a moment to join the conversation and leave us your thoughts in the comments! These guys maintain a quality site with the latest versions of the software, and it automatically opts you OUT of installing toolbars and other junk.Īfter all of this information, what we want to know is where you download software for your computer. If you’re downloading essential quality Open Source software for your system, we recommend using. Where Do You Download Your Software From? Yesterday, our coverage of was discussed on Tech News Today on the TWiT network, and the panel members had some interesting discussion on the situation:
Even if you go straight to a developer’s site for a program, there is a chance they link directly to or their installer is wrapped in junk software.
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