/Cinny
you may prefer leaded solder but it has one glaring issue
i cannot chew on it
/Cinny
@sodiboo @lily @chjara clippy is probably the worst symbol to use for it tbh
he was introduced at a time when microsoft was using their position as the pc os vendor monopolist to dictate how the web was going to be run
similarly they also had a market dominating position on office products with microsoft office at that point. it was also continuously expanded with more and more Junk that nobody uses to justify more upgrades (=costs for the user)
clippy was one of those additions. ostensibly added to assist with navigating the mess microsoft has created. nobody wanted it. it also didn’t work well. it was considered annoying and people mainly wanted it gone
the main difference is that yes it didn’t spy on you and sell that data to microsoft, but that would have just not been feasible back then. the reason why pervasive data collection and phoning home with it became a thing is the proliferation of always-available high speed internet connections nobody would mind a couple hundred kilobytes being used of. the 90s were just way too early for that.
/Cinny
system where the member names all start with d raccall that systemd
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ActivityPub piss kink content call that ActivityStreams
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