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Connecting an LG Monitor to a Windows PC Trigger the Silent, Unprompted Installation of Adware (consumerrights.wiki)
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[โ€“] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When the fuck did this become okay? We need to drive these companies out of business for this.

We would need to drive every computer company on earth out of business. They all do this. It's not one or two, it's all of them in a race to the bottom.

[โ€“] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Yes, do that. Drive them out, I want to hear the lamentations of their accountants.