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[โ€“] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If they are so great, why do they need to be continuously shoved down the throats of users who don't want them? That's the part everyone hates. The dark patterns everywhere. My OS should do exactly as I tell it without trying to trick me or sell me something, not the other way around.

[โ€“] IHawkMike@lemmy.world -5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They're not dark patterns. You kids love throwing that term at everything. They're simply secure defaults because the average user doesn't change defaults. And "continuously?" Please. ๐Ÿ™„

[โ€“] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And "continuously?" Please. ๐Ÿ™„

Do you really want me to count the number of times I've switched default browsers away from Edge, only to have it reverted back? And yes, hiding the local account option from the setup screen is a dark pattern.

You kids

I'm probably twice as old as you are. I've used MS OSes since MS-DOS 3.0.