Download.com wraps downloads in bloatware

At Download.com, page designs have been repeatedly tweaked over the years to push its updater software (now called TechTracker), TrialPay offers, and the site's mailing list.

Now, things have taken a turn for the worse: Cnet has begun wrapping downloads in a proprietary installer.

Cnet thinks we're clueless enough to believe that their motivation is really to provide users with a less painful download and installation process. Because opt-out toolbars and homepage changes make software setup less annoying.