Molly WhiteMay 21, 2024

back in my day we called this spyware

#AI #privacy #Microsoft

Show threadChu 朱May 21, 2024

@molly0xfff

In addition to being spyware, the software bloat is just unbelievable.

All I want is a machine that can do word processing. The occasional spreadsheet, and access to the interwebs. There's so much garbage running in the background now I need a machine more powerful than what we used to use to run helicopter simulators to literally do training. And this computer moved a 6 degree of freedom helicopter on hydraulics.

The bloat is absolutely ridiculous.

There's a spacecraft literally in outer space that is a fraction of the capacity of my laptop and my laptop takes 10 minutes to boot.

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@chu @molly0xfff This is why I finally got tired of Windows a couple of years ago and switched to a Chromebook. (I know, Google is evil too, but at least they're not trying this BS. Well. not yet.) Never looked back. Like you I mainly do word processing, a bit of spreadsheet use and internet access. Chromebook easily does all of that.
May 24, 2024 at 1:28pmWeb
Show threadChu 朱May 24, 2024

@beecycling @molly0xfff

The problem with chromebook is that all of your work is on the cloud so that locks you into their storage and subjects you to them owning all your data/writing to train their stupid LLMs. Cloud storage is a brutal energy hog.

If web access is down, you can't really do much either.

The problem with big companies is that it inherently takes a lot of evil to become big and then we have no choices.