This pre-installed (i.e., bloatware) game app begged me to stay. What do you think? 🤔
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Sorry, but it only takes few things to sour something for people.
Obviously #JS, alongside #Cookies and #Tracking, are mere tools of #Enshittification but that certainly is as much warranted as the shitstain #Blockchain and #NFTs got due to #CryptoBros using #Shitcoins to #PumpAndDump-#scam #TechIlliterates and #FinanceIlliterates that are "#HornyForMoney!"
Either we say "#Tech is #apolitical!" and accept diverging opinions and experiences to exist as equal
or
We say "#TechIsPolitical!" and ask "Who benefits?" from the rapid onset #Enshittification and purposefully engineered, #PlannedObsolescence due to #Bloatware, regardless if JS or #Windows11 or purposefully bricking support for legacy versions of #iOS.
@[email protected] except #JavaScript is a *net negative* in my experience as it is only good for 3 things: - making websites #inaccessible to #TextBrowsers, thus #discriminating against #blind users. - Injecting #malware like #Shitcoin #miners for #CryptoJacking. - Violating #consent of users with #tracking and #adware. Tell me i I'm wrong! #JS #PayOrOkay #Privacy #ITsec #ClownFlare #CloudFlare #Enshittification #bloatware #ads
I saw an interesting article yesterday that said #Microsoft was finally admitting that some program of theirs was so bloated and #slow to start that it was harming the user experience, so they were considering pre-loading it at boot (or #login) time so #users wouldn't see the huge delay when they went to open it.
(Of course, that would slow down booting or login...)
But that program is ... Windows File Explorer.
So let me get this straight - a glorified file picker and directory navigator is so #bloated and slow it can't start up instantly? And thousands of engineers can't figure out how to make it fast or efficient?
Maybe they should ask #CoPilot to speed it up.
I'm sorry, I should explain.
My last line was NOT meant to be a #dig at #ChinaMiéville. It's meant to be a dig at how #BLOATED #fantasy and #sciencefiction became since the 1990s.
As a young adult, I got burned out by #RobertJordan's #WheelofTime, THEN made the mistake of starting #GeorgeMartin's #Asoiaf (a mistake I corrected by putting down #AClashofKings halfway through).
In the 1970s, #MichaelMoorcock proved you could write epics in less than 200 pages. A lesson I wish wasn't lost.
One thing that really pisses me off personally is the #regression in terms of #Messenger #Apps.
My personal distaste and dislike for #proprietary, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider #services like #Signal ¹ ², #Telegram, #Discord ³ ⁴, #WhatsApp ⁵, #Slack, #MicrosoftTeams, #discord ⁶⁷ etc. aside:
WHY is there no #CrossProvider #Messenger to handle that shite?
WHY does everyone of these shitty providers think people want to download their #bloated #WebApp that takes up triple digit Megabytes if not entire Gigabytes and will gobble up all the #RAM and #CPU each of them can??
This problem ain't new and already got solved for corporate social media ages ago! (Not to mention actually good messengers!)
I mean API 0 - style access because obviously none of the platforms will allow, endorse or support such an endeavour and actively fight the developers and users !
So yeah, consider this a call for a @gajim / #Gajim or @pidgin / #Pidgin for garbage platforms!
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