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There's nothing wrong with the software that comes bundled with a digital camera. Or is there?

1. It's probably unnecessary. Any modern operating system (and even Windows XP!) can see and automatically download pictures from a new digital camera. No extra software needed. But in a questionable attempt to add "value" and distinguish themselves from their many digital camera competitors, some executive at the camera company came up with a harebrained scheme to include software with a bunch of wacky, unique features that nobody else has.

2. Hardware companies don't generally do software well. Digital camera companies excel at building digital camera hardware. Software, if it exists at all, is an afterthought, a side effect, a checkbox on some marketing weasel's clipboard.

3. Software of unknown provenance is likely written by bad programmers. All other things being equal, the odds that new, random bit of software you're about to install will be pleasant, useful, and stress free are ... uh, low.