On: Java Runtime updater now installs ask.com toolbar on Macs

[bluedino]

My fear would be:

  brew install java-runtime
  ==> Downloading http://oracle.com/osx/java-osx-8-x86_64.tgz
  ######################################################################## 100.0%
  ==> Downloading http://ask.com/osx/asktoolbar-2.4.tgz

[Zopieux → bluedino]

More like:

  $ real-pkg-manager install jre-openjdk
  ==> Downloading http://trustedmirror.somerealdistrib.org/openjdk.tgz
  ==> Checking openjdk.tgz signature
  ==> Installing
  ==> Done

You just need the right tools and community.

[TeMPOraL → bluedino]

This is my fear too, and I'm pretty convinced we'll get there at some point, if and when the *nix-on-desktop scene gets more competetive.

This seems to be a common pattern - after you delivered all the value you could and you still have competition, eventually you and everyone else will start one-up each other on abusing your users for additional profit.

[jagger27 → bluedino]

No worries, the maintainers will surely include a --no-junk flag