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Re:Lenovo Caught Installing Adware on New Computers by pkorzeniewski on Thursday February 19, 2015 @07:58AM (#9073763)
I'm planning to buy a new laptop in the near future and Lenovo definitiely goes out of the list. It's ridiculous where things are going in tech - everyone is trying to squeeze you like a lemon. Smart TVs that insert ads in your private videos and listen to everything you say, smartphones tracking your every move, e-mail clients scanning your mails, laptops installing spyware, cars that can be shutdown remotely, planned obsolescence getting worse and worse.. and that's only the tip of the iceberg - I wonder how much more similar bullshit is out there that we don't know about. Fuck all of that, I'll stick to good ol' "dumb" things as long as I can.
Re:Lenovo Caught Installing Adware on New Computers by TeMPOraL on Thursday February 19, 2015 @08:21AM (#9073830)
Exactly. But you also stated the reason - "everyone is trying to squeeze you like a lemon". Welcome to capitalism. At first, as the low-hanging fruits are collected, people benefit. Then, as Orz say, there is juice squeezing and then we are not so frumple.