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[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 days ago (7 children)

People complain that Linux is inconvenient but then prostrate themselves upon the broken, buggy, ad-infested spyware that is Windows. Doesn't seem very convenient to me. This person thought that their Notepad data was private before Copilot? Ha!

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Sadly most people grow up using and are tought Windows from the first time they touch a computer so its quirks and workarounds of bugs are engrained in the users mind.

Uprooting their entire (current) knowlegebase is inconvenient.. but it's still for the greater good of their privacy and in my opinion effectiveness of whatever they do.

[–] Susurrus@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The fundamental roadblock here is: people are generally done with 'learning' when they become adult. Not learning computers or software, or anything else in particular. Just learning. There seems to be a somewhat common idea that 'education' and 'learning' is for children, and as an adult, you should have better things to do. Sadly, we can see all around where such an idea leads us.

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Oh wow, I have never heard of such a thing. I hope those people are okay. I know if I stopped learning things i'd probably die from boredom, because all you can do at that point is repeat yourself.

That view definitely needs to change for the people who hold it.

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