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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by arrosenberg on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @06:33PM (#32173284)
> For some reason every Linux user assumes everyone is as smart as they are and anyone who doesn't take the time to learn whatever esoteric config file to manage their DE is a child that can't tell left from right.

Notably, most of the non-technical users I am acquainted with manage to use Windows, which will also let you install any software package you want if you click continue on the warning.

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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by dieortin on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @08:53PM (#32174471)
Yeah, and that goes very well doesn’t it? That’s why users end up with tons of spyware and bloatware. And if they don’t, they might not be as non-technical as you think.
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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by arrosenberg on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @09:34PM (#32174735)
Lots of the free apps and f2p games on the apple app store could be described as spyware and bloatware, so I fail to see your point.
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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by unity1001 on Thursday July 21, 2022 @05:39AM (#32177357)
> That’s why users end up with tons of spyware and bloatware

We are not in 2010s. That does not happen. And when that happens, its because the users explicitly chose to do it in order to access certain things.

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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by d12bb on Thursday July 21, 2022 @06:59AM (#32177867)
Hm, why does my mom call me every few months for help with her Windows laptop, then? She never needed help with her phone, since she tossed the Android one for my old iPhone (ok, actually once, but that was a faulty charging cable)..
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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by arrosenberg on Thursday July 21, 2022 @01:10PM (#32181944)
I don't know, why do generalizations sometimes fail on specific anecdotes? My relatives need help with iPhones and Windows devices about equally.
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