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   Veronica Explains (vkc@linuxmom.net)'s status on Sunday, 04-Aug-2024 11:27:48 JST Veronica Explains

   There should be a law against this.

   Your average user is going to think something is terribly wrong with their computer just because they didn't sign over their rights to Microsoft.

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     Veronica Explains (vkc@linuxmom.net)'s status on Sunday, 04-Aug-2024 11:27:44 JST Veronica Explains

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     I'm trying to imagine how this would work with other machines.

     "Let's finish setting up your bike" as soon as you try to unlock it, and the pedals freeze up every three days until you agree to Schwinn's demands.

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     Veronica Explains (vkc@linuxmom.net)'s status on Sunday, 04-Aug-2024 11:27:46 JST Veronica Explains

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     (please don't tell me to try Linux)

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     Veronica Explains (vkc@linuxmom.net)'s status on Sunday, 04-Aug-2024 11:29:02 JST Veronica Explains

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Nope, but from the comments it's looking increasingly like I'm better off!

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     Bruce Heerssen (bruce@darkmoon.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 09:33:41 JST Bruce Heerssen

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     @vkc
     If your username is anything to go by, you don't need help choosing a Linux distro. Cue suggestions anyway in 3... 2... 1...

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     Jeff Geerling (geerlingguy@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 15:31:02 JST Jeff Geerling

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     • Carl

     @nitpicking @vkc Microsoft has taken dark patterns to a whole new level: black hole patterns!

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     Scott Duensing (scott@mastodon.kangaroopunch.com)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 15:31:02 JST Scott Duensing

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     • Jeff Geerling
     • Carl

     @geerlingguy @nitpicking @vkc My personal favorite is needing to hit some magic key combo during setup to open a command prompt so I can execute some weirdly named script that will eventually allow me to continue installation without creating a Microsoft account.

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     Carl (nitpicking@mstdn.party)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 15:31:04 JST Carl

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     • Jeff Geerling

     @vkc I agree with you entirely. And I know you already use Linux. (Me, too.) Everyone who isn't a Microsoft executive or stockholder, I think (e. g. @geerlingguy) agrees with you.

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     lopta (lopta@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 04:44:13 JST lopta

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     @vkc Have you considered CP/M-86? ;-)

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     CapT-Rex :maryland: :nixos: (batvin3211@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 04:44:18 JST CapT-Rex :maryland: :nixos:

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     @vkc why don't u try #reactos. 🤣

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     Danny Colin (dannycolin@floss.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 04:44:19 JST Danny Colin

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     @vkc I'd like to interject for a... I'm kidding XD.

     I absolutely agree with you! This is another great example of dark patterns used by MS to grab more data from their user and also vendor lock them. :(

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     Matthew Miller (mattdm@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 04:44:24 JST Matthew Miller

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     @vkc

     Most cars these days do pretty much exactly this.

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     Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK (vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 04:44:30 JST Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

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     • Matthew Miller

     @vkc @mattdm

     some e-bikes are also appearing with various forms of DRM in their embedded controllers, and even for normal pushbikes there are a lot of proprietary components with planned obsolescence (particularly for the faster/higher end racing bicycles)

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     Veronica Explains (vkc@linuxmom.net)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 04:44:31 JST Veronica Explains

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     • Matthew Miller

     @mattdm yuck!

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     canleaf08 ⌘ ✅ (canleaf@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 04:44:34 JST canleaf08 ⌘ ✅

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     • Matthew Miller

     @mattdm @vkc I had a kia in Canada recently which had no speedo-and tachometre, just two numbers for speed and RPM. The manual was like « Only the 1.9l model has the menu option for the speedometre and tachometre. Use this settings to change the frame colour. ». The trip function and unit settings were hidden also. This was worse than the digital displays for the Urquatro and the Golf II. Older cars had the option to see both metric and imperial units on the dial. Now: Pay up for proper dials.

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     njsg (njsg@social.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 04:44:36 JST njsg

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     • Matthew Miller

     @mattdm @vkc Some trains do it too!

     "Do you want to service this train with the manufacturer's maintenance service? [Yes] [Remind me later]"

     https://social.hackerspace.pl/@selfisekai/111539961891472661

     (The only joke here is there being some interface for this, the bricking down of trains is not a joke, see #NewagGate, #Trainsomware.)

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     Jamie (he/she/they) (jamie@friendsofdesoto.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 04:44:48 JST Jamie (he/she/they)

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs @vkc “The story so far:
     In the beginning the Universe was created.
     This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
     - Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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     Trammell Hudson (th@social.v.st)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 04:44:55 JST Trammell Hudson

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     @vkc we've let the nerds go to far

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     njsg (njsg@social.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 04:45:01 JST njsg

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     • w

     @th I have to concur with @w that your comment sounds a bit off. Why "the nerds"? This kind of stupidity is most often pushed by business people in suits. See Logitech mice and HP inkjet printers.

     This is a kind of abuse and stupidity people who have a passion for technology (which I'd term more geek than nerd but I digress) probably don't have much patience for.

     (1/2)

     Cc: @vkc

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     Mathias, a walfdog ❄️🐺 :pansexual_flag: (mathias@pawb.fun)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 04:45:08 JST Mathias, a walfdog ❄️🐺 :pansexual_flag:

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     • Trammell Hudson

     @th @vkc The nerds (mostly) didn't do this voluntarily, the owner class forced the nerds to do this. There will always be weird techbros hopped up on anarcholibertarian bath salts, but most of the nerds haaaaate this stuff.

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     Isaac Ji Kuo (isaackuo@spacey.space)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 04:45:11 JST Isaac Ji Kuo

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     @vkc

     I still haven't tried out Windows 11, but I still have leftover Windows 10 Pro licenses (thanks to an MSDN account) so I install Windows 10 Pro when I need Windows.

     Am I missing something? I mean, Windows compatible software seems to run just fine on Windows 10, and the install/setup process for Win10 Pro seems ... I dunno, I'm okay with it (I don't install Windows very often).

     Am I just being a backwards old fogey, like those of us who stuck with Win98SE way past its prime?

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     Andrew C. Dingman (acdingman@sandiegourbanists.com)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 04:45:18 JST Andrew C. Dingman

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     @vkc but, you're on a server called "Linuxmom.net". Surely I should infer that "trying" Linux would be a revelation to you?

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     MrMozz (mrmozz@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 04:45:32 JST MrMozz

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     @vkc My favorite is the red dot on Windows Defender if you don't consent to back up your files to Onedrive. It's under "security" like you need to take action immediately lest the viruses GET YOU.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 04:45:36 JST clacke

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     • njsg
     @njsg @vkc Yes, it's one of the "dark patterns" that pretend to ask for your consent, but try to wear you down, mislead you and/or plain bait-and-switch you.
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     njsg (njsg@social.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 04:45:43 JST njsg

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     @vkc Is there already a name for this UI design paradigm where the choice is between "Yes" and "Later", with no "Never"?