They've been disrespecting consent for years now. There have been posts about it online. "No" turned into "maybe later" turned into "remind me in 3 days" and now, even when I do turn on the few features I like, I will get bombarded to turn them on [0]. Turns out my local library puts guests on a Debian based system with libreoffice. I'm sure the majority of people don't even notice but it probably reduced cost dramatically and is easier to lock down.
[0] teams has a new calendar that's actually better. But even after turning it on I still get pop-ups to enable it.
More and more my response to stuff from the Magnificent Seven is to opt out, opt out, opt out. The number of annoyances on Windows keeps going up. Even Annoyances.org seems to have given up.
If the software has to beg you with pop ups and notifications to install or enable something, chances are that it’s not in your best interests to use it, and you don’t want it. Otherwise you would have voluntarily sought it out.
For me, it’s gotten this way for updates, too. I no longer want your “update” because it is more likely than not going to 1. Make my existing software worse and 2. Come with features I don’t want. So I just won’t upgrade/update.
Software companies can beg and plead and try to force this shit down my throat but I will just say no, no, no. They cannot be trusted and are reaping what they have sown.
They will stop at nothing to steal and spy on what you’re doing to train the models on free data.
The models need more data that isn’t copyright. By using windows you consent to … blah blah blah.
What we need is a huge server farm running copilot doing nothing but watching gay porn
[0] teams has a new calendar that's actually better. But even after turning it on I still get pop-ups to enable it.
For me, it’s gotten this way for updates, too. I no longer want your “update” because it is more likely than not going to 1. Make my existing software worse and 2. Come with features I don’t want. So I just won’t upgrade/update.
Software companies can beg and plead and try to force this shit down my throat but I will just say no, no, no. They cannot be trusted and are reaping what they have sown.
Far too common.
What we need is a huge server farm running copilot doing nothing but watching gay porn
You don’t hate Microsoft enough.