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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by matt123456789 on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:14PM (#27668936)
Those Windows 7 screenshots evoke a sense of nostalgia for the time before a Windows that broadcasts and monetizes my every action. I think an even bigger “fuck you” pattern is when an OS that I paid for tracks me and monetizes my private information.

Maybe I’m just getting old.

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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by einpoklum on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:54PM (#27669357)
Nope; Windows is getting old :-P

Time to switch to another OS. Consider some newbie-friendly Linux, like Mint (linuxmint.com).

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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by zorrolovsky on Monday June 28, 2021 @07:27PM (#27669673)
Agreed. I am a Mint user and I couldn't be happier. I switched around one year and a half ago because I was concerned about the constant data transfer (increasingly harder to deactivate) between my devices and Apple/MS. I was also sick of seeing unwanted ads and notifications both in Windows and Mac.
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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by einpoklum on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @12:43PM (#27690666)
Personally I'm on Devuan because of my aversion to systemd, otherwise it would be mint for me.
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