It is no secret that the technology industry is a vicious industry to be in. It's a race to be the most wanted, the most trustworthy, the best priced and the most reliable company. Let's be honest, you can't be everything to everyone, but that won't stop Lenovo from reaching their goal of becoming the leader in providing cleaner, safer PCs.
A number of PCs released are often weighed down by bloatware and adware. In fact, reformatting a computer post-purchase used to be a thing because it was such an issue. One of the most recent issues came with 'Superfish,' a visual discovery program that came pre-installed in Lenovo notebooks.
The bloatware was not met with happiness by consumers, but instead created concern and frustration for customers and the security and privacy communities. Lenovo quickly did everything they could to remove the program.
Since removing the program, Lenovo has vowed to never include such software again:
We are starting immediately, and by the time we launch our Windows 10 products, our standard image will only include the operating system and related software, software required to make hardware work well (for example, when we include unique hardware in our devices, like a 3D camera), security software and Lenovo applications. This should eliminate what our industry calls “adware” and “bloatware.” For some countries, certain applications customarily expected by users will also be included.
There is a general argument here on what is considered bloatware/adware. Is McAffee or Norton bloatware?
If you don't want to deal with bloatware/adware build a PC yourself (there are other options too, but c'mon just build one).
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