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okay here let's just test out your internet browser and oh oh my eyes it burns oh the toolbars this is probably a pretty familiar experience if you have ever worked in a computer repair shop or help the less tech-savvy member of your family fix an issue with their computer browser toolbars pre-installed programs Auto starting apps and tools that change your default search engine no I don't want to use ask Gump com are referred to as crapware and bloatware many people use these terms interchangeably but I think there's actually a pretty important distinction between them crapware is used to describe software that has no sensible use like those awful toolbars that take up half the browser but sponsored links to sites you would never want to visit and leave you with no space to actually view the web content that you came to see whereas bloatware is software that can be legitimately useful but that was installed without your approval usually by the manufacturer of your computer and that you probably wouldn't have installed if given a choice so how do you get bloatware and crapware well as mentioned before a lot of bloatware comes pre-installed on your PC and actually the same goes even for mobile devices the Samsung Galaxy s4 was particularly in datoria s-- for shipping with excessive bloatware with about seven gigs of the capacity of the 16 gig model taken up by pre-installed apps and software that you couldn't remove without a pretty solid understanding of how Android works yikes not all bloatware is pre-installed on Hardware though sometimes you'll find it hidden in the recommended or Express installation options for free software subscription-based antivirus solutions are notorious for this hiding in countless installers just waiting to eat up your CPU and RAM resources and in this regard crap where is no different if I had a penny for every time I had to uncheck install ask toolbar when trying to install a new program on my PC I would already have my kids college education paid for now in a world where PC manufacturers often spent countless hours and funds designing and developing their latest and greatest new laptop or whatever why on earth would they include pre-loaded programs that seemed to do nothing but slow your PC down sometimes the answer is pretty innocent and it's just a matter of they wanted to put on this light feature that it turns out people didn't really care about that much it wasn't very well coded and it used up resources you just pull it off other times the answers a little more sinister cache cheddar greenbacks Yin dong dong anyway um back on topic companies like oh let's just use Norton as an example we'll pay PC manufacturers to preload their software onto their computers because once it's there many people don't know how to get rid of it or even know that they should want to well hold on Linus the apps pre-installed on my PC were free I mean how is there a benefit to anyone to have it installed there here's how let's take a hypothetical dude Jeff who brings his new PC home and it's pleased to discover it is protected by Norton AntiVirus an anti-virus program that was included with his purchase how nice only a year from now that software's gonna be all like yo Jeff man I'm expired man your PC is like unprotected unless you purchase another year the service act now before the hacker worm children monster virus steals all your personal information man because Norton was pre-installed on that PC Jeff never realized that he could shop around and find free alternatives that work just as well or better so now they get to rake in $54.99 a year for the lifetime of that computer pretty smart well okay Linus now that I know about bloat wearing crap wear how do I get rid of it and what can I do to make sure I don't get any more lucky for us light hackers come to the rescue once again with their excellent article but removing bloatware and crapware from windows that article served as inspiration for today's 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