DaddleDew

I find the tiny amount of jank comforting

It's like a subtle reminder that you aren't being exploited by a big corporation.

I'm so glad I kept my car and weathered through this shitty phase of car manufacturing.

If only there was hope for weathering through the data collection, subscription-based features and the death of sedans though...

Considering that when people paid $100 for that OS they were told that it would be the "last Windows to be released", shouldn't there be a class action lawsuit?

They removed the star system a long time ago. They removed the down votes again a few years back.

They want their algorithm to be the only thing that decides whether you watch a video or not.

When I want to cancel I want to cancel. I don't want to be put in line for over half an hour and then have to have a painful argument with some poor employee who gets punished if I somehow figure out the secret code that makes them cancel the account. And then have to do it all over again one month later because the account didn't cancel because of "technical problems".

A lot do myself included. But not enough to matter. Most ordinary Windows users don't even know what Linux is or understand why they should care.

Is there a technical term for when a company or corporation makes a statement that is a blatant bad faith argument like that?

If none exists, I'd call it "Corporate massturbation". Because they're trying to jerk everyone off.

Edit Here's another one: "Corporate Anal Ostriching." Because they're shoving their heads up their own asses

It feels more like a community center than a home

My PC is getting old and I might replace it in about a year whenever I can get an OK GPU for a reasonable amount of money again.

I've built my own PCs since the late 90's and this will be the first time I will not install Windows on a computer I built. Get fucked Microsoft.

Can you explain how a car accident lead to this?

Here you go: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/

Warning: This will open your eyes and make you want to dump all your major apps for FOSS alternatives.

Here are the trackers contained in Yelp's app according to Exodus:

• Adjust (analytics)
• Braze (formerly Appboy) (analytics advertisement location)
• Brightcove
• Bugsnag (crash reporting)
• ComScore (analytics advertisement)
• Facebook Analytics (analytics)
• Facebook Login (identification)
• Google AdMob (advertisement)
• Google Firebase Analytics (analytics)
• Snowplow (analytics)

That's a lot. They make money off of people having their app running on their phone. That's why they push their app.