Yahoo's product isn't as controversial as eweek made it seem. In fact, Larry Seltzer at eweek just posted a related story saying we ought to give Yahoo "a break" http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1606431,00.as p.
Some people want the adware given the functionality that comes with it, but they can always decide to delete it later. Yahoo seems to be giving folks recourse here to re-consider what might have been a bad decision in the first place, so at least give Yahoo credit for that much.
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Yahoo's product isn't as controversial as eweek made it seem. In fact, Larry Seltzer at eweek just posted a related story saying we ought to give Yahoo "a break" http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1606431,00.as p.
Some people want the adware given the functionality that comes with it, but they can always decide to delete it later. Yahoo seems to be giving folks recourse here to re-consider what might have been a bad decision in the first place, so at least give Yahoo credit for that much.