@fne8w2ah to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agoMicrosoft Finally Realizes Nobody Wants Its Windows 11 Preinstalled Bloatwarewww.pcmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square488arrow-up11.53Karrow-down132
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minus-squarecircuitfarmerlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoMaybe someday they’ll discover checkboxes and use them to not have to install these apps in the first place.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•1 year ago“What’s a checkbox? Oh, you mean that thing we use to trick users into ‘consenting’ to telemetry?”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoI think I’ve got it! So on install, we make a checkbox that says: do not install web search in the start menu, but also I consent to Microsoft collecting creepy levels of data about me
Maybe someday they’ll discover checkboxes and use them to not have to install these apps in the first place.
“What’s a checkbox? Oh, you mean that thing we use to trick users into ‘consenting’ to telemetry?”
I think I’ve got it! So on install, we make a checkbox that says: