@home transition to comcast - Upgrade or just forcing shitty software?

[Keyser Soze]

I receive a package from Comcast this week alerting me what I already knew. That @Home is no longer being used by Comcast, they are now providing cable internet service on their own. Now they tell me to go to <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://download.comcast.net/">http://download.comcast.net/</a><!-- m --> to download some new Comcast software. I remember when I had @Home's bloated shitware on my PC which I didn't even need. Is this the same deal? Do I really need this thing?