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Re:How did Windows 95 get permission to put the Weezer video... by jader201 on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @08:36PM (#46969665)
The ad, for the curious:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P0AJM6HMYjM

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Re:How did Windows 95 get permission to put the Weezer video... by jonas21 on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @11:52PM (#46971004)
Higher-quality version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRdl1BjTG7c

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Re:How did Windows 95 get permission to put the Weezer video... by taftster on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @09:38PM (#46970066)
I'm so grateful for flat LCD screens. Man, all those CRT boxes. Yikes.

The rest of this video, it doesn't look like the world has changed all that much since 1995. Computing just kind of looks the same. I guess minus the lack of phones in everyone's hands.

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Re:How did Windows 95 get permission to put the Weezer video... by stavros on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @09:45PM (#46970109)
And the fact that the UIs are less responsive and have worse UX now.
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Re:How did Windows 95 get permission to put the Weezer video... by Krutonium on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @02:17AM (#46971897)
My UI is pretty responsive. Of course, I also don't run MacOS or Windows, so...
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Re:How did Windows 95 get permission to put the Weezer video... by stavros on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @03:40AM (#46972439)
I guess you also don't run any Electron apps?
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Re:How did Windows 95 get permission to put the Weezer video... by Krutonium on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @09:15PM (#47146449)
If I can avoid it!
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