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Re:Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking by reaperducer on Thursday February 15, 2018 @05:34PM (#16388393)
>what's the deal with one HTML page that I don't even run

You sound like I spammer I once knew. He would always say things like "What's the big deal with one e-mail that you're not going to read anyway. Just delete it."

The mail icon in his Mac's dock showed over 29,000 unread messages. Spam just didn't bother him the way Windows popping up ads for Facebook doesn't bother you.

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Re:Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking by vbezhenar on Sunday February 18, 2018 @08:03AM (#16405883)
One might say "what's the big deal to buy new Mac if you want more RAM, paying premium for bad hardware". Another might say "What's the big deal not to play OverWatch with your friends and having unusable hibernate". I might say "what's the deal with those ads I can remove within a minute", yes. It's all about compromises. I'd like to have a perfect OS, but I have to choose between available alternatives.
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