I think part of the decline is just from its decline in popularity. Less money coming in means lower standards and, in some cases, less-scrupulous business models.
Have you seen cable TV in the past five years? It's gone so downhill. Half of the content is still in 480p, awkwardly stretched to wide-screen. Commercial breaks seem like they're twice as frequent as they used to be. Shows being aired have drifted even further into reruns-and-reality-TV territory. Even the content of the ads has shifted somewhat, from recognizable brands to injury attorneys who look like they filmed the ad themselves.
You can see the money being drained from the husk of an industry, and you can see the increased desperation as they try to scrape together what money they still can. The same thing is happening with antivirus software.
Have you seen cable TV in the past five years? It's gone so downhill. Half of the content is still in 480p, awkwardly stretched to wide-screen. Commercial breaks seem like they're twice as frequent as they used to be. Shows being aired have drifted even further into reruns-and-reality-TV territory. Even the content of the ads has shifted somewhat, from recognizable brands to injury attorneys who look like they filmed the ad themselves.
You can see the money being drained from the husk of an industry, and you can see the increased desperation as they try to scrape together what money they still can. The same thing is happening with antivirus software.