If their DVD didn't come free with ~~cereal~~ my new cheap DVD drive, I would swear CyberLink was either a scam or hocking some really slick spyware.
The OEM disc says it's "CyberLink Media Suite," the installer says it's version 16, the few programs it wants to install are at least 2 versions behind what the website says 16 has, & the website gives radically different upgrade prices for the same product depending on which search engine result is followed.
The disc and sleeve have text and a Code 39 barcode reading "SAC35781924". Searching for it on CyberLink's website yields exactly zero results.
For a disc bundled with a hardware purchase last week and delivered today.
The vendor URLs trying to find anything about this disc led me to:
@arielmt this is what happens when they let one holdings company gobble up a bunch of utility software that hasn't been relevant since windows 2000 rolled out of the assembly line
and yeah that FOMO marketing is very common on websites peddling useless garbage like that
the kind of exploitative predatory sales tactics that reminds me of things like these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TtXknHoeL4
@mavica_again Wow! Computer!
I let that "panic now, pay later" offer expire, and nothing happened. On reloading the page, it reset to three days but left all the other information, including the supposedly limited-time price, the same.
Also, amusingly not helping their image, each split-flap digit animation in the countdown timer is flipping up, not down like real split-flap displays.