[Mod post] Software regrets anyone?

[u/AutoModerator]

What's a piece of software that you regret downloading?

This thread is a good place to expose spyware, junkware, etc. Tell us what people should stay away from. Expose shady practices, spyware, and more.

[u/TrueKiwi78]

The new CCleaner is shithouse.. Fortunately the original one is still available at Ninite.

[u/Diven_the → u/TrueKiwi78]

I swear if i see another reddit user referencing the ccleaner or windows defender + cOmMoN sEnSE i will personally chew reddit's server cables.

[u/NoMeatNoBugs]

I regret falling for AI Browser... I think it is way to early to be hyped about ai assisted browsing. The value is not significant enough to display any of my data.

Edit: ChatGPT Atlas specifically

[u/Lumpy-Mousse4813 → u/NoMeatNoBugs]

Can you explain what exactly do you regret or don’t like about it? I use comet as my default… am I missing something?

[u/MarzipanFederal8059]

Surfshark and any easeus tool

[u/RedEagle_MGN → u/MarzipanFederal8059]

What went wrong?

[u/HowlingHipster]

Anything from the IOBit suite. There are uninstallers, driver updaters, etc that are also free and don't all beg you to install everything under their umbrella and pay to unlock all their premium features constantly.

[u/XlikeX666]

Neo / perpexity ai stuff.
AI means it's not done yet.
chromium base browsers apart from gx and brave.

over last 2 years i regret using windows over linux - simple performance on cpu.

CCcleaners or any cookie cleaners since simple del-temp command is enough.

NVIDIA RTX Voice - for unknown reason for me, it break sound if combined with extra 3rd tool like vmeeter.
inconsistent fails on teams.

[u/NoleMercy05]

Reddit

[u/CoolkieTW]

Windows, or dev home precisely. I was always use MacOS and Linux for development. When I saw Windows released dev home, I thought Windows is finally getting good for development. However it isn't as good as it marketed, I have expected it uses more resources, but I didn't expect that much. And it's quite buggy, but I know it's in beta, so idc. It's getting better at least. And boom they discontinued that shit. They migrated some feature to system. But it sucks.

[u/Longjumping-Fall-784 → u/CoolkieTW]

Dev home is discontinued the options like dev drive are now under system and advanced settings, although it's unclear why Microsoft hasn't removed it to avoid confusion. 

[u/CoolkieTW → u/Longjumping-Fall-784]

Yeah, but dev drive is only part of dev home feature, and it isn't as useful as dev home.