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This question brought to my attention the [crapware] tag, in this context being used to refer to IE9.

In fact there are 6 tagged questions this way, so it's hardly a widespread issue, but it's better to bring these things up sooner than later, right? Anyway, in the other cases it seems to be used to refer to pre-installed software, which I think is the "correct" usage of the term.

I personally think the term "crapware" is itself a little argumentative/subjective, especially if people start using it to refer to IE, for example.

Basically, I'm calling a close vote on a tag; what does everyone else think?
Kill the tag? Replace the tag? Update just this question? Do nothing?

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After some searching I have merged it with bloatware. I have also made bloat a synonym to bloatware to make it simpler in future.

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If you wanted, there's also the equally apt, [preinstalled-software] for a few that aren't just rants. – random♦ Oct 7 '10 at 13:56
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I'd vote to kill the tag - but I think we might need to come up with a tag that describes the stuff that gets loaded onto PCs (particularly laptops) by the big manufacturers.

We could then make [crapware] a synonym for that so it won't get created again.

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I agree that we can get rid of it if a suitable synonym could be found. – Nifle Oct 6 '10 at 19:49
This is my preferred option - get rid of the tag, but preferably replace it with something meaningful at the same time. – DMA57361♦ Oct 6 '10 at 21:19
I agree. Let me know what the valid synonym is and I will merge it. – Diago Oct 6 '10 at 23:34
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How about Shovelware? – Andrew Grimm Aug 5 '11 at 6:12
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I say leave it, it seems to low volume to be a problem.

I created it's wiki so hopefully it easier to see it's proper use.

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Low volume does not constitute keeping a tag. Personally I prefer the site to pass most corporate spam and profanity filters if at all possible. – Diago Oct 6 '10 at 23:34
@Diago - A noble goal, but it's not going to help in this case unless you also replace crapware with bloatware in the questions. And like it or not, crapware is almost 3 times as common as bloatware (1.08M vs 400k hits on google) – Nifle Oct 7 '10 at 9:47
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On Super User bloatware was more common. So I merged it. We have bigger concerns then what is the most common on Google, and I am more concerned with users being able to access the site and not getting blocked by corporate firewalls. The tag is as far as I am concerned a meta tag anyway. You'll learn that all goals on SE is noble. – Diago Oct 7 '10 at 11:29
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