You're still missing the point which is just because other software can be intrusive doesn't mean that N.I. bloat can be justified when so many other developers do no have such intrusive components to their software.chk071 wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 1:42 pmNot that Windows built in browser or AV do anything else.Teksonik wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 1:41 pmThat's irrelevant to the point but also why I haven't installed any third party browsers or AV on my studio system.chk071 wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:12 pmYour web browser is intrusive then. It installs a background task to look for and install updates. Which even (how intrusive) writes itself into the task scheduler.
I don't want to bash on your point, and, what you do is your business, but, I just want to say that what you say is "intrusive" is in fact something that a lot of software does. Yes, also the built in ones (or, rather, especially those).
On this system I have installed almost every demo and upgrade and beta and freeware known to mankind and only NI has running processes. To be fair I don't have the iLok or CodeMeter malware or the Waves bloat on this system although I did have some Waves plugins installed at some point. That's how I learned about its network thing that wants to run at startup and then there is Waves Central and waveshell and.....meanwhile most developers just sell plugins that you install and use without the need for a system takeover by a developer who thinks they have all rights to your system just because you bought a plugin from them.
I know you're just in defense of one of your favorite companies and that's fine but it doesn't change the fact that N.I. takes liberties with our systems that other developers simply do not.
Again N.I. is far from the worst offender but it is still an offender.....
To reiterate my point, just because I buy a plugin from you it doesn't mean that gives you the right to do anything you wish to my most important computer system.
The protection of a company's intellectual property rights do not outweigh my right to protect the security, stability, and performance of my studio computer. Period.
