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<blockquote data-quote="Ink" data-source="post: 932384" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Some examples below, add your own categories.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Paid Driver Updaters</strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">New hardware come with their own support tools to keep drivers up to date.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Older hardware will eventually stop getting updates - A driver updater won't help.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Paid Cleanup Software</strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Browsers have built-in cleaning tools that do it for you</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Learn to maintain your systems.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Paid Registry Cleaners</strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Usually included with Paid Cleanup software</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Paid Advert Blockers</strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Most ad-blockers are based on the free and open source version content blocker</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Exception to system-wide protection with VPN filtering and privacy options</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Paid Web Browsers</strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Come back in 10 years.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Paid Chrome extensions</strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/google-is-permanently-removing-paid-extensions-from-the-chrome-web-store/" target="_blank"><u>99% fraudulent transactions</u></a></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Paid Free Antivirus</strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Look for the price tag.</li> </ul></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ink, post: 932384, member: 3"] Some examples below, add your own categories. [LIST] [*][B]Paid Driver Updaters[/B] [LIST] [*]New hardware come with their own support tools to keep drivers up to date. [*]Older hardware will eventually stop getting updates - A driver updater won't help. [/LIST] [*][B]Paid Cleanup Software[/B] [LIST] [*]Browsers have built-in cleaning tools that do it for you [*]Learn to maintain your systems. [/LIST] [*][B]Paid Registry Cleaners[/B] [LIST] [*]Usually included with Paid Cleanup software [/LIST] [*][B]Paid Advert Blockers[/B] [LIST] [*]Most ad-blockers are based on the free and open source version content blocker [*]Exception to system-wide protection with VPN filtering and privacy options [/LIST] [*][B]Paid Web Browsers[/B] [LIST] [*]Come back in 10 years. [/LIST] [*][B]Paid Chrome extensions[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.neowin.net/news/google-is-permanently-removing-paid-extensions-from-the-chrome-web-store/'][U]99% fraudulent transactions[/U][/URL] [/LIST] [*][B]Paid Free Antivirus[/B] [LIST] [*]Look for the price tag. [/LIST] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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