So many toolbars while in reality you need only one…
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brbposting@sh.itjust.works 11 months agoOr as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux + Dogpile + AltaVista + AOL
cheddar@programming.dev 11 months ago
Creosm@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What am I looking at…
the_third@feddit.de 11 months ago
The OS equivalent of having licked the train station toilet.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Mmm, flavorful
moriquende@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Before you paid for “free” software with your data, you used to pay by agreeing to install a search bar in your browser. Usually you just uninstalled it directly afterwards. Not this guy though.
spicytuna62@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This kind of thing is what got me into actually reading install wizards instead of clicking next, next, agree, next, yes, install, finish. I learned I could just uncheck those agree/install boxes and still install the software I actually wanted without all the extra crap. That’s one trend from the 00s and early 10s I do not miss.
pkmkdz@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Wait until you hear about kernel level anticheat for competitive games
prole@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
This has kind of come around full circle… Video games went from what you described to literally just not letting you start the game until you approved every EULA that popped up before the main menu.
They got us so used to just clicking OK because we knew the only alternative was not playing the game at all.
Now they have several types of EULAs at the start of a game, and usually the "data sharing’ one is separated out and not needed to be approved in order to start the game (probably thanks the GDPR if I had to guess off hand). But people have gotten so conditioned to the idea of “just click OK over and over so I can start playing” that they don’t realize there’s two separate EULAs there, and only one is required to be accepted to play the game.
cheddar@programming.dev 11 months ago
You’re looking at The Great Era of Internet.
jaybone@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Windows95
But god I miss MSVC++
Those shitty square widgets ❤️
Good_morning@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
That brings back memories
Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 months ago
We used to install some of those on purpose.
waz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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