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Originally Posted by cybmole
But the combo of calibre + content server + CC works just fine with bonjour uninstalled ( for me anyway) , so is there any good reason for other calibre users to keep it ?.
I don't much care for programs that sneak onto my PC, even if well intention-ed, and AFAIK it is not bundled in any way with calibre installer ?
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Browsers don't use mDNS (Bonjour) (AFAIK).
mDNS is one of the mechanisms used by clients to find calibre. CC has a second one. In your case the second one is working well enough that mDNS isn't needed. This is most assuredly not always the case. Many CC users would no longer be able to connect if mDNS wasn't there. I think this is true of apps like Stanza, FB Reader, Moon+, and the like: their auto-connect scheme depends on mDNS. It is a bad idea to tell people to uninstall Bonjour unless you are prepared to be their technical support person when their app stops working.
As for how it gets installed: I don't know. I have never looked at the calibre install system. I do know that the word "Bonjour" appears many times in calibre source.