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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
Actually, I bought a Sony and was surprised by the amount of bloatware on it. Amazon Store and Amazon Prime apps and AVG. That's it.
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When? I'm talking of Vista-era Sony, circa 2008, not today.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/143677/article.html
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Sony is offering to remove some of the trial software it crams onto the hard disks of new laptops -- for a fee.
Buyers of the configure-to-order versions of its Vaio TZ2000 and Vaio TZ2500 laptops can opt to have Sony remove the some of its own applications, in addition to trial software and games.
The "Fresh Start" option, billed as a software optimization, costs US$49.99, and is only available to customers choosing to pay an additional $100 to upgrade the operating system to Windows Vista Business from the Windows Vista Home Premium edition offered as standard.
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Things got so bad, Microsoft had to introduce Signature Edition to prove the problems weren't their fault.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2887...ally-want.html
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Microsoft’s Signature Editions fill an odd niche in the computing universe, offering a product that the computer manufacturers themselves don’t deliver: a “clean,” optimized PC. In effect, the Signature Edition is the Google Nexus brand of the PC world, presenting Microsoft’s operating system in the best possible light. But instead of one or two Nexus phones or tablets, Microsoft handpicks some of the best PCs: We counted sixteen mainstream laptops and eight additional gaming PCs on the site. Microsoft’s Surface PCs also ship without bloatware installed.
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They also introduced the Surface line to prod lazy/sloppy OEMs to up their game. Android has been suffering by those same problems, which is why Google had to get into the hardware business, first with Nexus and then with Pixel.
Introducing even more incentive for bloatware isn't a step forward.