Fuck every company that does this. I don’t like YouTube shorts. Can I disable YouTube shorts? No. Instead I can choose to “Show less often” which means absolutely nothing since they reappear in no time. Dark patterns are called that for a reason.
Fuck Microsoft
Submitted 15 hours ago by King@blackneon.net to [deleted]
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arc99@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 4 hours ago
I used ublockorigin to block the container for shorts and news. Much better, also set up a redirector that changes shorts URLs into the normal yt format, so that you don’t pulled into that feed.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
I just picked that part with the ublock eyedropper. All landscape videos for me please.
coolman@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
If you run Android you can block shorts (and ads, and sponsors, and everything else annoying from YouTube)
Check out revanced.app
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
for some reason, the day i choose to download revanced is always the day google updates their security and now i have to wait a month for it to work again. i’m not gonna do that to people again.
errer@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I also love how whenever I do a search on Google on my phone I get reminded to use the Google app, or to download chrome, or some other “use our platform please” nag message that only goes away for 24 hours when I tell it to fuck off.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 10 hours ago
Yeah, it feels like you’re just a monkey in a science experiment
Dojan@pawb.social 7 hours ago
Well… is that so far off?
d3lta19@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
You can disable shorts on desktop
Akasazh@feddit.nl 6 hours ago
You can install an extension that hides the shorts
not_me@piefed.social 15 hours ago
You guys still use microsoft ?
TheBat@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Wdym? Windows and Office suite is used almost everywhere in professional environment. How’s this a news to you?
fartsparkles@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Nah practically every office uses TempleOS and Lotus720.
Come on, dude. You’re in lemmyshitpost.
LemmyBruceLeeMarvin@lemmy.ml 11 hours ago
I have information that could lead to the survival of the Microsoft Corporation
Release XP2.
No bells, no whistles, no bloat ware, no AI. Keep the wallpaper
R
gnutrino@programming.dev 11 hours ago
Microsoft is surviving just fine on the profits from Azure and office 365 tbh, windows isn’t that big a deal for them these days from a raw revenue point of view.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 9 hours ago
I suppose it was a stepping stone to direct the market to using those things. Iirc it was always intended as a vehicle to run MS office
youngalfred@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
No Microsoft, I do not want to sign in to edge with my work account.
Stop asking!jaybone@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
Are we still under the impression big corporations grace us with the concept of some form of consent?
Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
I love that the bastards ended support for windows 10, unless of course you want to pay them like $80 to enrol in extended support!
Anyways I found a post on Bluesky about how to get 3 years of additional support for free and did that and it worked, fuck giving more money to Microsoft.
Mwa@thelemmy.club 15 hours ago
I remember i used to use Windows and Microsoft would nag me with this
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
This is the final straw that made install Mint. I was so sick of the constant screens after every update continuously pestering me with shit I didn’t want, like “YOU ASKED BEFORE AND SAID NO, ASK ME AGAIN AND ILL PUNCH YOU IN THE DICK”
So I metaphorically did.
SW42@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I mean at this point why stick with Microsoft? I get needing a particular software only able to run in windows but other than that there’s really no need.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I’m disabled (one usable hand, among other things). I need my mouse software to be able to map buttons to keys on my keyboard (and it must have individual profiles per application, and it must auto switch based on the active window) for me to be able to play shooters and similar.
I have tried many times in the past 20 years to switch, but I always had to come back. I installed bazzite to help a friend transition from w10, and to be able to talk them through any issues they might come across. I used this opportunity to again see how doable it would be, temporary dual booting.
In addition to the mouse, I don’t use my mobos onboard audio, instead using two creative sound blaster cards - one for my surround sound (main output), and the other for voice chat or if I have to be quiet (late night gaming). The drivers for both cards fail - L/R channels work as expected, but RL/RR/FC/Sub are wrong. I tried for two days to fix it, overriding settings, trying different settings in the UI, different overrides, switch cards around to see if they work correctly when outputting to the other hardware… And searching online, this has been a problem for years, maybe a decade+ across many distros. Okay, so, it’s not a ‘fix’ but what if we get new sound cards… Asus has some… Aaaaand survey says they are shit in Linux too. What about looking for some Linux specific hardware? The only company I found had cards for $1k+, and geared more towards audio creation. Hell no, you’d have to be insane.
That’s a hard stop, as I’m not about to give up my audio system because of botched drivers thst are seemingly never getting a fix. But similarly, I have a ThinkPad with a 5G modem in it. I tried a dozen distros before begrudgingly settling on Kubuntu, as it was the only system that would actually work (see the modem, interact with it, fcc unlock after terminal commands, and actually transfer data).
Linux has this bubble of users who are the typical norm - they need the basics, and nothing more. Which is fine, I’m happy for them, but damn does the experience suck shit if you aren’t in thst bubble. I remember the days when I’d have to wrap windows wifi drivers to get online, or sleep wouldn’t work, or an update would brick the system (or grub, oh fuck me I’m having ptsd flashbacks) lll, or even stuff like stereo in and out would be broken out of the box. And there often wasn’t a guide to fix this shit, it was just ‘have fun’. It has come a good way, but there is so much that still needs work.
And, as my friend found out, while all his games were native or compatable via proton or lutris, some needed to be built from source… Even though the fucking dev offers executables for windows, and could easily do the same for Debian-based systems, ready to go for those users… But no, here are some half-assed instructions that are out of date, glhf. Ugh…
There’s a ton of other things, but those are recent - like, within the last 3-6 months recent, and are real world examples of why some have to stay chained to windows.
Now if anyone wants to patch the shitty drivers for my sound blasters, I could actually try to maintain and actually use the install. But until then, I’ve got to use what actually works.
SW42@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Fair point! In the end, everyone needs to use what works best for them. I do concede that I’m not really familiar with accessibility issues and I perceive the accessibility options to be lacking in the distros I know. Maybe it will change in the future and I hope it does :) thank you for your contribution!
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
You just claimed it’s not possible to have working sound on Linux even if buying new hardware. This is… False. To say the least.
Starski@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
Ight you can’t use your specific and statistically small example to label a majority of Linux users as just a bubble. It sucks what you’re dealing with, but it’ll only get fixed if more people switch to Linux and talk about.
TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Hate to be that guy, since I only use Linux on personal machines, but I use windows at my current job. Why? Because the stuff I develop only has a windows version. Whilst it’d be possible to cross compile, it’s just more friction, and it’s easier to just develop on the target platform.
And let’s be real, lots of people don’t have the luxury of a choice in their jobs to begin with. So that’s why. (and also why the strong need to vent, seeing as this is forced onto them)
SW42@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Oh I also use windows on my work machine and not anywhere else. The enterprise version is not full of crap and doesn’t force AI down your throat.
MalMen@masto.pt 11 hours ago
@TriangleSpecialist @SW42 use to be in a job like that, the reason was that the still works in a software that was made for windows, in delphi, and start from scratch to be cross platform was obviously not an option.. But any software started the develop today is easly cross platform...even the ones that arent... Well wine is making miracles this days
FishFace@piefed.social 13 hours ago
If you think your chosen OS doesn’t have irritations of a similar magnitude either you’re looking past them or they just don’t irritate you.
My Linux laptop has a problem where, when unsuspended while docked, tends to lose the dock in such a way that the USB devices attached to it become unusable - even if they are then plugged in directly; the USB stack just gets completely broken until reboot. It’s really annoying - but I put up with it, because there are other things about Linux I like. If I had switched from Windows to Linux because of a nag screen that I could just click to get rid of and this was what I got in return, I’d be back to Windows in a flash.
At this point I’ve been using Linux for multiple decades and would never go back. Not even if Windows became genuinely better. I mean, it has improved a lot since when I switched away, but I’m used to Linux now and it’s comfortable.
And that’s what people don’t get: Windows, for most people, is comfortable. Comfortable and good enough. There are many reasons why it’s not good enough for me, but most people don’t share the mindset behind those reasons, so they don’t apply to them.
So hopefully that explains “why stick with Microsoft”.
Starski@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
I’m sure asbestos housing was also very comfortable until people started getting cancer.
SW42@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Oh, I get that, it was more of a retro rival question because I read all those headlines about the shit Microsoft constantly tries to pull. I get comfortable and I’m sure there are some problems and growing pains but if you’re ready to get out of the comfort zone I think it is worth it.
I had the opposite issue where canon decided to stop supporting a scanner with incompatible drivers for windows 10. Linux and macOS were able to use it OOTB without me having to tinker with it. Swings and roundabouts I guess.
I’m not a lemming and am not shoving anything down anyone’s throat, but I guess people are apparently really triggered when someone merely brings it up.
Demdaru@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Lemmings are pissimg me off with pushing Linux down my throat to the level of gaining hatred to Linux through mere correlation xD
Even though I planned on switching before that!
SW42@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Hakuna matata :) no need to get riled up. Use what you want, I use Linux and macOS at home and windows at work.
jackr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
illumos or maybe plan9front are good options if you have somewhat limited requirements
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
BSD?
TheFriendlyDickhead@feddit.org 15 hours ago
After that you can just skip everything, but yea. It’s fucking horrible
anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 16 minutes ago
Bill Gates sure doesn’t