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It's not fearmongering to question the low standard Windows developers and their users seem to consider routine. That Windows users have chosen to accept Windo

It's not fearmongering to question the low standard Windows developers and their users seem to consider routine. That Windows users have chosen to accept Windows becoming spyware is just another manifestation of that same problem, not a refutation of it!

vezycash 6y ago
Knowledge comes before acceptance. Apart from those of us who live on tech sites, normal users would be completely clueless. Even among those who know, only a fraction would be bothered enough to take action.
- catalogia 6y ago
  Many Windows users may not know there's a better way, but I can hardly think that's an excuse for developers writing proprietary freeware for Windows. Surely they've heard of open source at some point, they just don't give a damn.
harrygeez 6y ago
I don't know any companies in this day that doesn't collect users' usage and analytics. Very few do better by making it opt-in
userbinator 6y ago
It absolutely is fearmongering when you default to assuming maliciousness/bad faith just because the author is relatively unknown. There's nothing deep/unusual about what this program does, and I assure you that if it was created with malicious intent, it would not remain undiscovered for very long. That Windows users have chosen to accept Windows becoming spyware The developers of this, and others, are clearly fighting against it.
- catalogia 6y ago
  The developers of this program are asking windows users to install proprietary freeware from anonymous developers. This exemplifies Windows software culture, the very same culture that made Windows users compliant enough to tolerate Windows 10 in the first place. The developers of this software, in choosing to make it proprietary freeware, are reinforcing this culture.
tonyedgecombe 6y ago
the low standard Windows developers and their users seem to consider routine Compared to just about every SaaS product?

vezycash 6y ago

Knowledge comes before acceptance. Apart from those of us who live on tech sites, normal users would be completely clueless. Even among those who know, only a fraction would be bothered enough to take action.

catalogia 6y ago
Many Windows users may not know there's a better way, but I can hardly think that's an excuse for developers writing proprietary freeware for Windows. Surely they've heard of open source at some point, they just don't give a damn.

harrygeez 6y ago

I don't know any companies in this day that doesn't collect users' usage and analytics. Very few do better by making it opt-in

userbinator 6y ago

It absolutely is fearmongering when you default to assuming maliciousness/bad faith just because the author is relatively unknown. There's nothing deep/unusual about what this program does, and I assure you that if it was created with malicious intent, it would not remain undiscovered for very long. That Windows users have chosen to accept Windows becoming spyware The developers of this, and others, are clearly fighting against it.

catalogia 6y ago
The developers of this program are asking windows users to install proprietary freeware from anonymous developers. This exemplifies Windows software culture, the very same culture that made Windows users compliant enough to tolerate Windows 10 in the first place. The developers of this software, in choosing to make it proprietary freeware, are reinforcing this culture.

tonyedgecombe 6y ago

the low standard Windows developers and their users seem to consider routine Compared to just about every SaaS product?