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Oracle, How much is ASK.com paying ya?

948224Sep 12 2012 — edited Feb 22 2013

How much does ask.com pay you to include and default the ASK.COM toolbar install for every Java update?

Just curious why a computer software company would encourage superfluous browser junk squeezed in, confusing users, cluttering browsers and taking up CPU cycles, memory and hard drive space?

I would like Oracle to exclude sneaking in toolbars as parts of Java updates in the future. However I bet these companies are paying you money for each install so I guess that's not likely to happen, is it?

What's the best method to keep Java installed and updated, silently without any extra toolbars (today it's ask.com, tomorrow it could be google or bing... who knows).

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#install, #java-install-autoupdate, #update

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