Re: CCleaner has become payware?

Nil wrote:
> occam wrote: 
>> 
>> Until recently there were two versions of CCleaner - a free
>> version and a Professional (paid for) version.
>>
>> Now, when I run CCleaner (light version, x64 portable) the program
>> analyses the data using 'Custom Clean' but I cannot proceed to
>> clean the 'crap'. I get redirected to a page where I am forced to
>> accept a 30-day enhanced usage (by submitting my Visa details
>> etc).  Else, I am forced to exit the program.
>>
>> This is no longer just 'nagware'. It is 'bullyware'. Has anyone
>> found a way around this?
> 
> The most recent version of CCleaner, 6.24, has eliminated some of its 
> features from the free version.

Well then, that would go a long way towards explaining why my copy of
version 5.89.9385 (64-bit) often shows such a shrill warning at program
startup, saying that I "MUST" update the program.

Fuck 'em. And besides, there's always Bleachbit.

> It's only when you try to use those 
> features that you get the SorryCharlie windows. Specifically, it's the 
> Custom Clean feature that triggers it, maybe some of the others, but 
> that's the one I mainly use (plus the Registry Cleaner occasionally, 
> which still works.) After reading their user forum, it appears the only 
> solution is to downgrade to version 6.23.


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