I'd also like to make clear that I in no way have a problem with the way Ninite works.

First, let me say thanks as well, as I like your product and have sent people your way when they ask about something like for local software. If publishers want to make updating their software artificially hard there's not a lot we can do except trust that people will see what's going on and move to other products. Actually, until last summer that was about the only way for people to install Flash with a screenreader. We also run to help visually-impaired people manage software. Our $9.99 home Updater product is just something to point home users at when they ask to donate to us. We save people from about 15 minutes of mindless installer work every second. Our website is completely free (and ad-free) for home users. On profits XOR good: We do make money, but we also work really hard to do good as in If those apps removed their toolbar offers people would still use Ninite to track updates and automate work. We actively uncheck toolbars for maybe 5 apps. Our value is keeping the catalog up-to-date and putting a nice interface around the updating process. I don't mind when open source or freeware creators add such options to their installers so they can make a little money, but Adobe?!! Greedy SOBs.First I want to say thanks! We love your work at and send people there whenever they ask us to add portable software. They get money for including the options for installing other software in their installer. Why? The answer, as semllbs says, is that Adobe is looking to make more money. After I go the extra mile to upgrade their sh*tty product, I find that Adobe has the nerve to try to foist a copy of McAfee Antivirus on me. In order to make sure the updates work, I always look for a manual, standalone installer for Flash player (which for some reason is not easily found). If an error message shows at all, it is typically an obscure one. On the thirty or so 64bit Windows 7 machines that we have in our department, the 'automatic' Flash updates almost NEVER work. Adobe doesn't care about making life easier for system administrators or for ordinary folk, otherwise they would not block ninite or hassle them (see .uk/1/adobe_says_no/).

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