It's probably hard to sum this up in any law, but what you basically want is for products and services to do exactly what they seem to be designed for, with absolutely no other effects. At the very least, a product with "side effects" wastes time, because you're dealing with details that you shouldn't have to care about. In the worst case, of course, the side effects cause actual harm.
And this isn't limited to PCs; for instance, I'm really annoyed when my gas pump throws up a prompt "do you want a car wash?". Why no, actually; since car washes have absolutely nothing to do with gas pumps, you can safely assume that if I'd wanted a car wash, I would have gone through other channels to request one.
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It's probably hard to sum this up in any law, but what you basically want is for products and services to do exactly what they seem to be designed for, with absolutely no other effects. At the very least, a product with "side effects" wastes time, because you're dealing with details that you shouldn't have to care about. In the worst case, of course, the side effects cause actual harm.
And this isn't limited to PCs; for instance, I'm really annoyed when my gas pump throws up a prompt "do you want a car wash?". Why no, actually; since car washes have absolutely nothing to do with gas pumps, you can safely assume that if I'd wanted a car wash, I would have gone through other channels to request one.