Each item on the list has valid business requirements and is needed.
So, the Yuppie Nuremberg Defense? [0]
Regular malware-malare has a valid business reason for showing you ads and exfiltrating private data too. It's harder to defend because it isn't bundled with a featureset the user also likes. But nobody downloaded BonziBUDDY or hot screensaver packs because they wanted the ads.
[0] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427944/quotes?item=qt0418062