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User-hostile software strategy #13

Force users to update apps even if they dont want to and with each update introduce hidden new privacy flags set at your desired default option, guessing correctly that the average user will likely miss it

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Don't forget (re)installing third party software which the user has explicitly uninstalled[1] and resetting default app configurations for no reason[2]. Windows is malware.

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/s31m8o/micro...

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30055222

Also never mention those flags anywhere in docs, which are shambles anyway in regard of everything beyond the "I'm a power user, I promise I know what I'm doing" banner.. And there are literally hundreds of such flags in e.g. every modern browser.

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