NicQ wrote:This is very tendencious : it's not spyware, since you can refuse to send anonymous usage statistics (something also seen regularly in the OS world), ditto with automatic updates (also something very common in the OS world, case in point Ubuntu package managers which can install updates behind your back if you set them to do so) Nota Bene : I'm platform agnostic, been using open source and closed source software throughout my career and have tried more than once to push open source in the corporate workplace, including game studios.Įdit : added link to Google download + EULA, typos NicQ Posts: 429 Joined: Wed 9:30 pm Location: Montreal, Qc, Canada So basically, everything you said is wrong, so sorry This is very tendencious : it's not spyware, since you can refuse to send anonymous usage statistics (something also seen regularly in the OS world), ditto with automatic updates (also something very common in the OS world, case in point Ubuntu package managers which can install updates behind your back if you set them to do so)įrankly, I thought we'd reached a point where people would stop spewing fundamentally flawed if not outright wrong information on their "opposition" in the eternal diatribe of open vs closed source.Īnd you're certainly not pointing out that you have to approve the EULA before downloading Google Earth If you erase the updater, it reinstalls itself.
By the time you've got the EULA to read, it's too late.
Someguy wrote:Bear in mind, Google Earth 5 beta is said to install spyware on your computer, allegedly to download and install automatic updates.whether you want them or not.