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Microsoft 365, Outlook, Skype, OneDrive and Xbox division are pretty good too these days, I never thought that I would see a day with Microsoft nailing in so many areas.
I need to disagree. My girl friend is a average user, use Discord, Steam and so one and even with these kind of insecure software she use, WD is enough.
I think even in default settings, it isn't bad. I have several friends who use Windows Defender in default settings and some of them even use quite a few pirated programs (mostly Adobe products). All but two of them were infected with ransomwares but defender did detect those but they choose to disable WD to use the malicious crack. Ow btw, one of the infected user was using Kaspersky. So, there's no medicine to stupidity. The negative thing about the default WD is that the PUP protection is still disabled by default I think. Though they have now added it into the UI.
Most users won't because the main point of Windows Defender is that it's totally free and integrated into the system. Windows already have an antivirus installed so many don't feel the necessity to use another. This tendency is only going to increase over time.One thing I wonder if WD was (became) a pay yearly product as KIS, ESET etc how many would use it (buy it) as opposed to other products? - For example this occurred with OS Armor, a loved program when free then it became a pay product & users left in droves,
This is an assumption. There are no permanent leaders, all tendencies are temporary and subject to change.
This is based on the trend since the release of Windows 10 in 2015. Like I said, the reason for this is that there's already an AV integrated into the system so most users are happy that it's there protecting them. Buy if you go to buy a PC either the OEM will provide you third party AV license for free or they will insist you to purchase one. Yesterday, a relative of mine bought a new PC and I was there to help him since he's a noob in the PC world. The shop from where I purchased are the authorized ESET seller in my country. They tried so hard to sell a ESET license to me but I declined. Not once but thrice. They were so persistent. This is one of the way many third party AVs are sold worldwide. Average users believe everything they say.
Yes, obviously ESET has offered this shop some incentive and they are hungry for their bonus
I agree. Anything can happen in the next few years. You never know. I also agree with the data part. I think collecting data (not personal data) is the main reason why even big vendors like Kaspersky and Bitdefender has free AV.Yes, obviously ESET has offered this shop some incentive and they are hungry for their bonus
Users might be happy being protected by Windows Defender, but this is a heavily over-saturated market, full of dogs, hungry for both market share and data (data is essential to their functionality). Just one move from any big player in the industry might cause 50% of Windows Defender users to quickly feel unhappy and switch. So we can't really say that this tendency will only keep growing. Time will tell.
It's all like a game of backgammon.
