mccI like my Linux laptop that crashes once or twice a day. I like my Mastodon account where you can't really talk to anyone about anything but webdev or Rust. I like my Lenovo tablet that sometimes switches into Japanese for no reason. I like my Steam Deck that needs unique settings fiddling per game. I'm willing to put up with some friction & frustration from my computers & software. But what I can't ~abide~, and will twist my life into pretzels to avoid from my computers & software, is *malice*.
Do I feel like this computer is mine, or The Company's? Do I feel like The Company is trying to manipulate me? Do I feel like The Company feels that they own me? Does the computer feel like a sort of interloper, in my life, something that's wormed its way into my home, something I can't get rid of, something that will use this foothold someday to hurt me?
eighthourlunch@mcc I had a Win 10 machine *that I own* block me from doing something because "only an administrator can do that."
BISH, I AM THE ADMINISTRATOR! I'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE BEFORE COMPUTERS MADE PRETTY PICTURES AND WINDOWS WERE THINGS YOU COULD BREAK WITH ROCKS! DO THE DAMN THING, YOU SLOPPILY HALF-NEUTERED ATTEMPT AT AN OS!!!
Serious, what does administrator even mean to those clowns if I'm not the highest power on my own goddamned property?