Scrolling this website on mobile made me think I’d installed malware.
The new Windows update made me think I'd installed malware
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Re: The new Windows update made me think I'd installed malware
#12Recently installed windows 11 on a new pc, after many years of linux and mac. Question after question asking for consent to tracking and personalized ads. Why are personalized ads an install step of an operating system?
And am I sure I don't want to buy an Office 365 and OneDrive subscription? Yes, yes, definitely yes, can I please use my computer now? Sure, I'll sign up for a Microsoft account (why?) but please let me use it.
Oh a new start menu, it's in the middle now rather than to the left, sure. Click to open... Spotify, Linkedin, and Grammarly pre installed... Why? And why is a news feed of click bait tabloid articles a built in feature of my taskbar?
Oh, look, solitaire is still available, haven't played it since the days of Microsoft xp, let me check it out. Ah but I can't just play it... First, do I consent to Microsoft and it's 805 partners tracking me for personalized ads? EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIVE?
I swear the adware toolbars of old were less terrible than the windows operating system of now.
Re: The new Windows update made me think I'd installed malware
#13Mac updates made me think I had malware too. It randomly pops up a box that says System Update needs your administrator password. Completely unprompted, zero context. Sketchy as hell looking. Happens every time MacOS downloads an automatic update.
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#14Scrolling this website on mobile made me think I’d installed malware.
I was reading the bit complaining about pop ups in the browser at the same time as my browser was blocking one of theirs
Re: The new Windows update made me think I'd installed malware
#15Scrolling this website on mobile made me think I’d installed malware.
I was reading the bit complaining about pop ups in the browser at the same time as my browser was blocking one of theirs
Microsoft exemplifies the problem very well, but Microsoft is not the problem. Incentives are the problem. It is very profitable to treat your customers badly, and this is true for MS as well as for the site. As well as for Apple, Google, Amazon and everyone else.
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#16Are there (non-malware) tools that help clean up this madness?
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#17Windows is the "Baby It's Cold Outside" of operating systems.
Re: The new Windows update made me think I'd installed malware
#18Mac updates made me think I had malware too. It randomly pops up a box that says System Update needs your administrator password. Completely unprompted, zero context. Sketchy as hell looking. Happens every time MacOS downloads an automatic update.
Agreed. Password prompting for installs on macos needs a lot of love. It’s really encouraging users to become comfortable with potentially dangerous behavior.
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#19And to think an entire chain of individuals were involved in designing and approving those popups at Microsoft, and not once did anyone bother to ask:
“Maybe we should fuck off?”
If you happen to be responsible and reading this the answer is yes.
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#20I wish Microsoft (and others) would understand that "no" means "no", not "keep assaulting me with the same question later under different pretexts".
The self-advertising pop-ups always have responses like "I obey" or "remind me later". Never "go away forever".