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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by zeruch on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:33PM (#30677871)
"I regret that the computing experience in 2022 has to be so atrocious."

The industry builds what the industry wants.

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @09:26AM (#30684936)
Precisely. Developers hate users because users are the ones who want them to do things like fix bugs and make software reliable, which isn't as fun as cramming in new features and rewriting things in new languages and frameworks. Even open source software suffers from this, just look at GNOME.
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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by t-writescode on Monday March 14, 2022 @05:10PM (#30678378)
The populous tolerates what the (edit: duopolies) force-feed them.
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