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Submitted by Fergie

PublicRadar reader, Fergie, left me a comment on this post.  As a quick summary, the post talks about how Sony is shipping out new laptops, free of trialware.  Originally, Sony wanted to charge $49.99 to strip the computer clean of any ‘crapware’.

In what must be the fastest turnaround in corporate history, Abary told me that the $49.99 charge is dead. “We didn’t intend that to happen,” he said, blaming the snafu on an internal miscommunication. “We’re removing the $49 charge,” he told me. Beginning this spring and rolling out to all products through the end of the year, there will be no charge to order a custom-configured Sony VAIO computer, and you will be able to opt out of every trialware application, without exceptions.  (link)

Finally, Sony made a good decision.  Now lets see if other computer companies will start doing this.

Tags: Crapware, laptop, malware, Sony, Trial

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