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<blockquote data-quote="plat" data-source="post: 883458" data-attributes="member: 74969">Well, these studies have incredibly enormous, lucrative value to the industry and appeal primarily to mainstream users who probably don&#039;t know too much beyond what&#039;s on the surface.&nbsp; Perfect!&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite137" alt=":devilish:" title="Devil&nbsp; &nbsp; :devilish:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":devilish:" />But from a scientific standpoint, it&#039;s almost funny.&nbsp; The only way, Burrito, I&#039;d pay attention to any findings is if an impartial data center collected telemetry from a sample size of, say, one million users as a cross-section during a, say, six month time frame.&nbsp; The samples would be taken from a proportionate number of users with various brands installed.&nbsp; It would have to be a blind study but with instructions to avoid subjects purposefully going out and getting infected, or tampering with the security product and/or changing anything about their online behaviors. Hmmm. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite132" alt=":unsure:" title="Unsure&nbsp; &nbsp; :unsure:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":unsure:" /> Not as easy as it sounds, by far. See what I mean?&nbsp; I don&#039;t have to know how these labs operate behind the scenes to think that any results are at best, a relative, vague, and ballpark kind of thing.&nbsp; I don&#039;t do &quot;vague&quot; or &quot;ballpark.&quot;&nbsp; I do, however, really like and respect that CheckLab.pl moved away from the glaringly obvious and shameful red/yellow/green color scheme of the bar graphs. Remember those, where 1/10 of a percent difference between Brands A and B meant a lot of extra red in the bar and had the power to change users&#039; minds and wallets?&nbsp; This was supposed to be scientific back in the day. Yeah, right.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="plat, post: 883458, member: 74969"] Well, these studies have incredibly enormous, lucrative value to the industry and appeal primarily to mainstream users who probably don't know too much beyond what's on the surface. Perfect! :devilish: But from a scientific standpoint, it's almost funny. The only way, Burrito, I'd pay attention to any findings is if an impartial data center collected telemetry from a sample size of, say, one million users as a cross-section during a, say, six month time frame. The samples would be taken from a proportionate number of users with various brands installed. It would have to be a blind study but with instructions to avoid subjects purposefully going out and getting infected, or tampering with the security product and/or changing anything about their online behaviors. Hmmm. :unsure: Not as easy as it sounds, by far. See what I mean? I don't have to know how these labs operate behind the scenes to think that any results are at best, a relative, vague, and ballpark kind of thing. I don't do "vague" or "ballpark." I do, however, really like and respect that CheckLab.pl moved away from the glaringly obvious and shameful red/yellow/green color scheme of the bar graphs. Remember those, where 1/10 of a percent difference between Brands A and B meant a lot of extra red in the bar and had the power to change users' minds and wallets? This was supposed to be scientific back in the day. Yeah, right. [/QUOTE]

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