{"id":3529,"date":"2009-08-02T22:28:05","date_gmt":"2009-08-02T20:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/?p=3529"},"modified":"2009-08-03T00:21:30","modified_gmt":"2009-08-02T22:21:30","slug":"nero-9-for-free-no-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/02\/nero-9-for-free-no-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Nero 9, for free. No thanks!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A rather interesting article of DownloadSquad<\/a> tells us about the trial version that Nero offers for its Nero 9<\/strong>. I had already mentioned that there are solutions to pay nothing in order to get Nero 8 in free download (see lower), but it goes quite far.<\/p>\n

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  1. You must give them your email address to download the trial version for Nero 9 – What do they want it for? Some Spam database address?<\/li>\n
  2. The installation brings an Ask.com tool bar – Why do we want this?<\/li>\n
  3. At the end of the installation, you are requested to transmit (anonymously) some additional information – What data? Why?<\/li>\n
  4. At first launch, you are requested your email address again – Those guys have no memory, I guess…<\/li>\n
  5. The free version does only data discs (no audio discs) – This is nothing more than the really free software programs shown below<\/li>\n
  6. Knowing that, the splash screen start only use is to show you what you don’t have in the free trial version – Speak about teasing me!<\/li>\n
  7. Of course, the uninstall process does not fully clean your machine – They are not even able to do it, or not even polite enough to do it…<\/li>\n
  8. With 55MB to download, this is only 20 to 50 times bigger than the real free alternatives!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So, I suggest that you turn to other options that are really free and well-polished:<\/p>\n