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Re:Non-Consensual Personalization by axiomsEnd on Friday February 04, 2022 @05:51AM (#30205202)
Instant messaging in 200x was based on "naked content" that could be parsed by anyone, so there was a lot of different programs supporting various forms of communications. If you weren't a programmer you simply relied on 3rd-party software and that worked quite nicely.
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Re:Non-Consensual Personalization by SideburnsOfDoom on Friday February 04, 2022 @06:34AM (#30205501)
Exactly. likewise most people go to a dealer and get a "third party car" that works quite nicely on the shared infrastructure of roads, signs, gas stations etc. Maybe with a few configurable options such as color.
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Re:Non-Consensual Personalization by lnenad on Friday February 04, 2022 @12:32PM (#30209839)
And then there was non enthusiast software and it won, so I guess that's what the people want.
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