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SV_BubbleTime on Sept 4, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: uBlock Origin review

This should be recognized more. I can think of a lot of applications that have like-wise succumbed to the darkness. uTorrent off the top of my head.

VLC should get a special award for not sucking after gaining popularity.

lkt on Sept 4, 2021 [–]

Sadly uTorrent did succumb to darkness a while ago by bundling a bitcoin miner and other dodgy software with the client as installer opt-out checkboxes.

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