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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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Anon uses Windows (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

We may call it junk, but a lot of users want those kinds of features.

It also isn't an "unusable device" just because it shows if it is going to be cloudy. Stop being so pedantic.

And all of it can easily be disabled with a simple easy-to-find setting. But it is on by default because a majority of users don't look into their settings and thus wouldn't know it is available.

You have to remember that Windows was made for non-tech savvy users. Not for you and me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

a lot of users want those kinds of features

I had to re-enable them on computers at my company. I changed a policy to get rid of it and by the end of the day I had a dozen or so emails (~10% of the company) asking for them back.

YMMV of course and I don't personally like them. But a lot of people actually do. I think a lot of the people in communities like this forget how much of a power user they really are, and what actual users really want.