And even software not written by microsoft seems to follow suit. Like winzip. used to be a simple, reliable tool that did one thing and did it well. Now its a complicated mess.
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Snerk Rabbledauber (snerkrabbledauber@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 20:46:02 JST Snerk Rabbledauber
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿 (lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 20:46:02 JST Dave Lane 🇳🇿
@SnerkRabbledauber It's the natural evolution of proprietary software - it always tries to expand it beachhead on everyone's computer. It's a bit like a (wait for it) "cancer", albeit a digital one. I just feel sorry for most computer users that don't realise how exploited they are because they have nothing to which to contrast their experience.
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Dave Lane 🇳🇿 (lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 20:46:04 JST Dave Lane 🇳🇿
Wow, every time I'm forced to use a Microsoft technology (the bloody VisionFive2 RISC-V Debian image is held on OneDrive - why?), I puke in my mouth a little. It all seems so pointlessly complicated and yet functionally primitive at the same time. 🤢
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