Sony's "Fresh Start" Option Charges $150 to Remove Bloatware

Iria · Mar 21, 2008, 07:48 PM

What's the first thing I do when I get a computer from a major system building like Dell, HP or Sony? Well, actually, the first thing I do once I get it activated is make a system image. The second thing I do is wipe all the "bloatware" off the system. Bloatware is all the trialware and junk I don't want on the computer.

It's one of the most requested items that people wish they would be able to customize their PCs with ... "no bloatware" that is. Sony has gotten the message, but aims to make a profit off it it. You can request the so-called "Fresh Start" option, though only on the VGN-TZ2000 right now, and you have to pay $50 for the "privilege" (click image above to enlarge).

Wait, why I am saying it's $150?
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Source: Tech-Ex

Customgamer1 · Mar 21, 2008, 08:18 PM

OMFG.

SONY can I ask what you are thinking?

Why would anyone be willing to pay $150 for programs that are easy to uninstall and clean up? Sony I hate you for trying to rip off everyone on everything you make.

Just Learnin' · Mar 21, 2008, 09:06 PM

It's obvious what they are thinking. They make money from the companies whose software they install, uninstalling it will cost them and this is their way of compensating themselves for the lost added revenue.

BlueMak · Mar 21, 2008, 09:46 PM

Sony would be a horrible company to have a monopoly on some products. If Windows was theirs I would imagine they would ask money for each fix/patch, and you would have to use a horrible bloated and bad design drm crippled software, to log in.
How come Sony and EA haven't reached an agreement to conquer the world?

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Mar 21, 2008, 09:53 PM

I'll pay $150 to shoot the people in the head who make those stupid apps

Mar 21, 2008, 07:48 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Sony's "Fresh Start" Option Charges $150 to Remove Bloatware What's the first thing I do when I get a computer from a major system building like Dell, HP or Sony? Well, actually, the first thing I do once I get it activated is make a system image. The second thing I do is wipe all the "bloatware" off the system. Bloatware is all the trialware and junk I don't want on the computer. It's one of the most requested items that people wish they would be able to customize their PCs with ... "no bloatware" that is. Sony has gotten the message, but aims to make a profit off it it. You can request the so-called "Fresh Start" option, though only on the VGN-TZ2000 right now, and you have to pay $50 for the "privilege" (click image above to enlarge). Wait, why I am saying it's $150? __________ Source: Tech-Ex

Mar 21, 2008, 08:18 PM	#2
Customgamer1 Fell off the tech wagon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,273 Rep Power: 73 System Specs	OMFG. SONY can I ask what you are thinking? Why would anyone be willing to pay $150 for programs that are easy to uninstall and clean up? Sony I hate you for trying to rip off everyone on everything you make. __________________ Asus Laptop: 2.5 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4gigs DDR 2, Windows 7 64bit! Windows 7 > OSX!

Mar 21, 2008, 09:46 PM	#4
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,248 Rep Power: 328 System Specs	Sony would be a horrible company to have a monopoly on some products. If Windows was theirs I would imagine they would ask money for each fix/patch, and you would have to use a horrible bloated and bad design drm crippled software, to log in. How come Sony and EA haven't reached an agreement to conquer the world? __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Mar 21, 2008, 09:53 PM	#5
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Mar 21, 2008, 09:06 PM	#3
Just Learnin' HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 1,414 Rep Power: 55 System Specs	It's obvious what they are thinking. They make money from the companies whose software they install, uninstalling it will cost them and this is their way of compensating themselves for the lost added revenue.