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minus-squarecircuitfarmerlinkEnglish5•10 months agoMaybe someday they’ll discover checkboxes and use them to not have to install these apps in the first place.
minus-square@tarjeezy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish15•10 months ago“What’s a checkbox? Oh, you mean that thing we use to trick users into ‘consenting’ to telemetry?”
minus-square@SterlingVapor@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agoI think I’ve got it! So on install, we make a checkbox that says: do not install web search in the start menu, but also I consent to Microsoft collecting creepy levels of data about me
Maybe someday they’ll discover checkboxes and use them to not have to install these apps in the first place.
“What’s a checkbox? Oh, you mean that thing we use to trick users into ‘consenting’ to telemetry?”
I think I’ve got it! So on install, we make a checkbox that says: