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   Al Sweigart (alsweigart@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 02:27:50 JST Al Sweigart

   Remember when computers would do what you told them, instead of trying to constantly shove suggestions/reminders/ads that you don't care about and specifically uninstall or get blockers for?

   • Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: and Linux Walt Alt (@lnxw37a2) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} like this.
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     vv221 (vv221@fediverse.dotslashplay.it)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 19:08:11 JST vv221

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     That’s how my current computer still works. But to achieve that, I do not use:
     - any Apple software
     - Windows, or any other Microsoft software
     - any Google service, not even their search engine (and especially not any Web browser based on Google Chrome)
     - Web services from any giant enterprise known to thrive on personal data
     - a Web browser without content blocking (ads, tracking, actually anything that I did not explicitly allowed in the first place)
     - any proprietary software, outside of single-player video games
     
     For someone who is already stuck with one or more of these things, migrating away might not be an easy task. Here I got lucky by avoiding most of these since my first days using a computer, and dropping the last ones quite early.
     
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     catto (catto@maidsin.space)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 18:55:28 JST catto

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     • ww
     • Darrell Bowles
     @ww @vol4life8657 @AlSweigart I think this goes all the way back to Windows 95
     Don't forget to sign up for MSN! :BlobCat_Astonished:
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     Darrell Bowles (vol4life8657@bkcastle.net)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 18:55:30 JST Darrell Bowles

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     @AlSweigart Yes, I remember those days. RIP Windows XP.

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     ww (ww@xyzzy.link)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 18:55:30 JST ww

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     • Darrell Bowles
     @vol4life8657 @AlSweigart oh yeah? i'm so happy windows xp is gone...