Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Preinstalled bloatware
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 12 years (2011–2022), in 5 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
Every issue, all time, most people first
Preinstalled bloatware slows laptops, causing family tech support questionsUnreviewed
20112026- Bundled bloatware makes new computers slow and unreliable, hard for seniors to fix2022-10-24
- Preinstalled bloatware makes laptops slow, leading to family tech support questions2015-04-09
- Preinstalled software makes new laptops run slowly and degrades the experience2011-02-08
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 5 complaints
- Bundled bloatware makes new computers slow and unreliable, hard for seniors to fix2022-10-24
- Preinstalled bloatware makes laptops slow, leading to family tech support questions2015-04-09
- Extra tray utilities are needed just to switch displays, cluttering the desktop2013-08-24
- Preinstalled third-party apps clutter the phone and distract from the experience2012-12-21
- Preinstalled software makes new laptops run slowly and degrades the experience2011-02-08