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What Guitar Hero crap? Honestly asking, I have never seen anything related to Guitar Hero on my Mac.

setquk 8y ago
Probably means Garage Band, which is free multi-track recording software. How dare they ship privacy respecting productivity software with their OS instead of Candy Crush!
- danieldk 8y ago
  Ah, thanks. For some reason, it didn't click for me. Probably because I always do a fresh install after buying a new Mac (which does not install Garage Band). But indeed, are we really comparing a productivity tool that isn't used to extract more money to a third-party game that thrives on in-app purchases? I guess that Windows users are generally less upset about such bundling, since OEMs have done it for years.
  - setquk 8y ago
    Yeah it only comes bundled if you do a "full" install off the MacOS media. I do a fresh minimal install on mine. Windows users, myself included, have always been upset about the bundling. When you buy a PC these days you have to spend about 2-3 hours removing all the crap from it or doing an install from scratch to remove the cocked up default windows install. I think that less upset is more toleration via attrition. Accepting the status quo.
    - tinus_hn 8y ago
      Also besides the disk space usage the extra apps do not slow down your computer in any way. They are not active unless you use them. Unlike much of the bundled crap on a Windows machine.
    - mulletbum 8y ago
      This isn't Microsoft putting that junk on your computer. In a stock install of Windows you will have Windows Store installs of Candy Crush and some other junk, but none of it is running when the machine boots. It's also very simple to delete, but it is annoying it is there in the first place.
      - RaleyField 8y ago
        > It's also very simple to delete Microsoft placed it into my library and you can't remove it unless you first install it and then uninstall it and I don't want to install it so I'm stuck with it. It's egregiously a dark pattern[0]. On the other hand Garage Band is first party code which presumably enjoys the same level of quality as the main OS so it's fine. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_pattern https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_pattern
miaklesp 8y ago
GarageBand

Probably means Garage Band, which is free multi-track recording software. How dare they ship privacy respecting productivity software with their OS instead of Candy Crush!

danieldk 8y ago
Ah, thanks. For some reason, it didn't click for me. Probably because I always do a fresh install after buying a new Mac (which does not install Garage Band). But indeed, are we really comparing a productivity tool that isn't used to extract more money to a third-party game that thrives on in-app purchases? I guess that Windows users are generally less upset about such bundling, since OEMs have done it for years.
- setquk 8y ago
  Yeah it only comes bundled if you do a "full" install off the MacOS media. I do a fresh minimal install on mine. Windows users, myself included, have always been upset about the bundling. When you buy a PC these days you have to spend about 2-3 hours removing all the crap from it or doing an install from scratch to remove the cocked up default windows install. I think that less upset is more toleration via attrition. Accepting the status quo.
  - tinus_hn 8y ago
    Also besides the disk space usage the extra apps do not slow down your computer in any way. They are not active unless you use them. Unlike much of the bundled crap on a Windows machine.
  - mulletbum 8y ago
    This isn't Microsoft putting that junk on your computer. In a stock install of Windows you will have Windows Store installs of Candy Crush and some other junk, but none of it is running when the machine boots. It's also very simple to delete, but it is annoying it is there in the first place.
    - RaleyField 8y ago
      > It's also very simple to delete Microsoft placed it into my library and you can't remove it unless you first install it and then uninstall it and I don't want to install it so I'm stuck with it. It's egregiously a dark pattern[0]. On the other hand Garage Band is first party code which presumably enjoys the same level of quality as the main OS so it's fine. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_pattern https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_pattern

miaklesp 8y ago

GarageBand