Why do some installers for legitimate, well known pieces of software have unwanted applications bundled in them?

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When I download some installers and run them I notice it offerring me to install other things like Opera. I don’t understand why they feel the need to do this. Why? Are they endorsed by the people who made them?

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The installer often doesn’t come from the original software, it is added by some distributer and they get paid for it. (Opera is free, and they make money from users, so they pay other people to bundle opera into an Installer)

Usually if you directly download an installer from the original source it will contain only the program you want.

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