I was at least three sentences into a long "Uninstallers? Seriously?" rant when I realized that this is exactly what the average poor bastard on the street would do if they wanted to get rid of the crapware that infests a new machine.
[long thoughtful pause]
Jesus. It really is that big of a divide. I never (never, never, ever, ever) boot up a new machine. I always nuke-n-pave it right out of the box. I don't even give it any thought -- it's just the way it is.
[another long thoughtful pause]
Then again, this is a problem for my generation, where one in one hundred (maybe more) had half a clue when it came to personal computers.
I'd like to think the "run the uninstaller" route is also not an option for kids in their 20's and 30's (get off my lawn!). I'd like to think the ratio is closer to one in three or four, and installing a virgin copy of your OS of choice on a new machine is just as much a habit for them as it is for me.
So I guess I'm left wondering if I'm reading a rant from the late 1990's.