demosthememes

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[–] demosthememes 3 points 2 years ago

You're partly right, it is not about ads. It is about the integrated control of your camera, your media & other peripherals/software/data by Cortana - which rings home all day long - all from behind closed source software which does who-knows-what with the information it gathers.

[–] demosthememes 7 points 2 years ago

This came about from the Netscape v MSFT browser wars; where MSFT tried to argue that because IE was bolted directly into the OS, it therefore had to come preinstalled without asking & could not be uninstalled. The court ordered them to unbolt it & bundle it as a separate install - just like other browsers.

[–] demosthememes 3 points 2 years ago

'Content Creators' really need you to smash that "Like" & "Subscribe" button though!

[–] demosthememes 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] demosthememes 82 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

Meanwhile, on a somewhat normal day in Belgorod, Russia; things got very tense for a woman who hung a blue blanket out to dry, on an orange balcony. The FSB had her take it down after enraged neighbours called in to complain.

[–] demosthememes 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fair play to the dev. At least they are totally upfront so you know you can actually trust the work as being unbiased.

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