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photon · 05-31-2016, 01:42 PM

The details don't really matter, it's the outcome. The outcome is people, because they're not sysadmins, don't have great memory, and don't really care about the details of their computers, are having a negative experience and getting something they didn't expect or being intruded on far more than they desire.

It's happening often enough that the fault is the software. It may be operating exactly to specification without any bugs, but the software is still at fault, the design is broken.

I am a nerd, a sysadmin, and pay close attention to my computer's config, and I still found the whole thing excessively intrusive, underhanded, and a moving target that changed with various updates that I was unable to escape without resorting to a 3rd party tool.

I've been using Microsoft products since MS-DOS, so it's not like I'm not a fan.

05-31-2016, 01:42 PM	#602
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	The details don't really matter, it's the outcome. The outcome is people, because they're not sysadmins, don't have great memory, and don't really care about the details of their computers, are having a negative experience and getting something they didn't expect or being intruded on far more than they desire. It's happening often enough that the fault is the software. It may be operating exactly to specification without any bugs, but the software is still at fault, the design is broken. I am a nerd, a sysadmin, and pay close attention to my computer's config, and I still found the whole thing excessively intrusive, underhanded, and a moving target that changed with various updates that I was unable to escape without resorting to a 3rd party tool. I've been using Microsoft products since MS-DOS, so it's not like I'm not a fan. __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.