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"The Java RunTime Environment (commonly called JRE) at the time had a nasty habit of bundling toolbars and other spyware/malware crap alongside the install"

I stopped reading at that point. I thought a good argumentation was gonna follow that but you lost all credibility with that line

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Might wanna do a search before refusing accurate factual information:
https://www.computerworld.com/article/2494794/oracle-will-continue-to-bundle--cr...

A well-known issue that, as I've stated before, I'm old enough to have been around for quite some time.  There are ways to 'opt out' but none of that should be 'opted in' by default.  That's why Steam (for PC Gaming) was so beloved: it bypassed and prevented that nonsense (for the most part) from being auto-installed to affect the rest of the system.