> Nope, not malware. Just Windows.
Yeah, I got one the other day promoting some game or game studio.
Honestly, there outta be a law. We don't need this kind of "innovation."
That's only easy if I have infinite time to take up a big personal IT migration project, which I don't. I've got other stuff that's much more important. So does everyone else. Which is why market solutions to stuff like this don't work.
The market doesn't solve for best or even good, it solves for "not so crappy you don't buy it."
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Doing a fresh install of something is like the smallest, most insignificant amount of work involved when doing a migration.
99% of the needed time will be solving dozens of problems like "can I get my P-touch label maker working with Linux," and if can I, does the solution actually meet my needs?
That's awfully hard to do when my employer requires that I use Windows.
Apple does it. Canonical does it. Windows does it. Google does it (kinda a duh, I agree). Stop this madness.
The manipulation and excessive proliferation has to stop, but I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with a business being able to reach out to tell people about what they're selling. There just needs to be strong regulation to speak for other interests in society.
The legality of puffery is ridiculous.
Advertising is a multi-billion dollar industry who spends millions yearly on figuring out how to manipulate us into buying things we don't need. The average person has no chance against this manipulation.
So yes, burn it all to the ground.
If I’m driving through, say, Georgia, I’m not there as a tourist, I’m desperately trying to get away from it, probably via the interstate.
But I’d rather stop at an interesting restaurant that I spot via a billboard than whatever fast food chain happens to be camping out at the next interchange.