Flash and google toolbar

I would like to know how much adobe sold its soul for by
putting in google toolbar in the install for flash player. There
wasn't even a checkbox to not install. This is walking the edge of
MALWARE. I do not want google toolbar on my computer but it
installed without notice.
Anybody out there feel the same and have a way to install
without the toolbar? I have uninstalled the toolbar but I fear that
the soul selling of adobe will creep into other products. What is
next, you can't install adobe photoshop (retail) without first
installing the google toolbar.

ashobe,
> I would like to know how much adobe sold its soul for by
> putting in google toolbar in the install for flash
player.
This was a heavy issue in the forums when it first happened,
but it's
been quite a while (years, now). I think it might have even
been Macromedia
that did the soul-selling, if that's what it is.
> There wasn't even a checkbox to not install.
What URL were you using? After the initial protest, years
ago, the
Google toolbar was made optional. I haven't seen it as
non-optional since.
> Anybody out there feel the same and have a way to
install
> without the toolbar?
I just did it the other day, for testing. I selected the
checkbox that
included the toolbar.
> What is next, you can't install adobe photoshop (retail)
without
> first installing the google toolbar.
That's a pretty big leap, since Flash Player is free and
Photoshop
isn't, and doesn't run in a browser.
David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
Dev blog,
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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