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Re:Viral 'I'm not a cat' filter is decades-old software by kawsper on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @03:00PM (#26093914)
> As an aside, Microsoft fought in court to force OEMs to not install this crap alongside Windows (reasonably since it was damaging their brand and making the machines less secure), but they lost.

And now they are actively distributing it through Windows Update: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24502768

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Re:Viral 'I'm not a cat' filter is decades-old software by matheusmoreira on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @03:45PM (#26094522)
These manufacturer "drivers" are so incredibly obnoxious. How can Microsoft be powerless against this? I managed to reverse engineer's most of my laptop's features and replace the slow manufacturer software with my own. Surely Microsoft can pay professionals to do the same thing...
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Re:Viral 'I'm not a cat' filter is decades-old software by jamesgeck0 on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @04:57PM (#26095346)
Not exactly. The popup in that example is an installer for companion software which provides functionality for the hardware that was listed on the box. The installer appears when you first plug in the device. If you close it, nothing is installed and it never appears again.
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