XPost: alt.comp.freeware, comp.os.ms-windows.misc   
   From: usenet@alanralph.co.uk   
      
   On 04/04/2014 13:03, Mark Warner wrote:   
   > On 04/03/2014 04:03 PM, Alan Ralph wrote:   
   >> It baffles me that PC makers are quick to flog online backup solutions   
   >> with new PCs that may or may not be effective if the customer doesn't   
   >> have a fast broadband connection   
   >   
   > They're getting paid to do so.   
      
   In some cases, that is probably true. In other cases, where the online   
   backup services is branded to the manufacturer (e.g. Dell), I suspect   
   there's an element of revenue-sharing as well between the PC maker and   
   the provider of the online backup service.   
      
   Alan   
      
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