"consumers agree to receive the ads when they download and install their software"
Uh huh... Consumers "agree" do they? The way Gator gets people to install their products is what should be illegal. It's like if Mars bars put on the fine print of their wrappers that buying a bar entitled them to come round to your house and plaster your hallway with advertising posters. You're not expected to have agreed to some sort of legal contract simply by buying a Mars bar, it shouldn't be construed that you're selling your desktop space simply because you download what is alledgedly a useful program.
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"consumers agree to receive the ads when they download and install their software" Uh huh... Consumers "agree" do they? The way Gator gets people to install their products is what should be illegal. It's like if Mars bars put on the fine print of their wrappers that buying a bar entitled them to come round to your house and plaster your hallway with advertising posters. You're not expected to have agreed to some sort of legal contract simply by buying a Mars bar, it shouldn't be construed that you're selling your desktop space simply because you download what is alledgedly a useful program.