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hamradio:
Think you can also download the offline installers of JAVA...not sure about recent versions but use to the offline installers didn't have the offers.
Ath:
not sure about recent versions but use to the offline installers didn't have the offers.
-hamradio (November 25, 2014, 11:18 PM)
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I'm quite sure recent versions have them, but you may have disabled the settings from the Control panel gadget that gets installed with the JRE. I only get the off-line installers, though I currently tend to no longer install a separate JRE (space-saver when having 3 installed JDK's).
TaoPhoenix:
I just had to make a Java update today. The offer to install the Search App by Ask was still there, and checked by default. :(
-wraith808 (November 25, 2014, 02:44 PM)
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This confuses me because it *wasn't* there in my copy a few days ago!
Holy Schrodinger offers!
:tellme:
TaoPhoenix:
The offer to install the Search App by Ask was still there, and checked by default.
-wraith808 (November 25, 2014, 02:44 PM)
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Oracle actually offers a solution for disabling those 'sponsor offers': https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/disable_offers.xml
-Ath (November 25, 2014, 03:04 PM)
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This feels like a lawsuit-avoidance tactic. "Starting with version ... and ..." - and it's buried at the bottom of control panel / java / advanced?! /I didn't even know that control panel existed!
See my Fake Nany post in the basement - disabling and wiggling out of these offers is like a bad version of minesweeper! "Look! It's a game! If you win you can install only the program you wanted! But if you lose, you get to spend hours removing junk from your system!"
Ath:
I agree with your objections and second your questions.
-Ath (November 25, 2014, 04:10 PM)
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This feels like a lawsuit-avoidance tactic. "Starting with version ...
-TaoPhoenix (November 26, 2014, 02:35 AM)
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The above combination makes me really wonder why in earth's name a big multinational, like Oracle pretends to be, has to include crapware for some infamous minority like "Ask" :(
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