[IxDA Discuss] Badly behaved applications - how do you prevent?

[Jim Drew]

>From: "Sherman, Paul" <paul.sherman at sage.com>
>
>Amazon Unbox, a video download service, does the following: 
>
>-When the user attempts to uninstall the program, Unbox requires the
>user to provide their Amazon username and password before permitting
>Windows to uninstall it. 

That's apparently an exaggeration, caused by a firewall preventing the "phone home" service from contacting Amazon, or some such:
     http://reviews.cnet.com/4531-10921_7-6636289.html

(Linked off Daring Fireball.)


Now for the fun bit: are Amazon's excesses here less or more than Sony's burp with overzealous protection measures several months back?

-- Jim Drew
   Seattle, WA