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Seeing this from Charles Petzold is incredible, and I share his anger at the the adware-ification of the Windows platform.

S_A_P 5y ago
Agreed- Crazy that this came from him. In the last 2-3 months Ive noticed a few pretty annoying things happening with my MS account- First the weather toolbar was added to my system tray and it looked very much like one of those spam toolbars that have plagued Windows ad/malware. Next I started getting memories from OneDrive. I use my 1 drive for dev backup and as such I get an email from MS with a bunch of icon images as a memory.
- Flow 5y ago
  > Next I started getting memories from OneDrive. I use my 1 drive for dev backup and as such I get an email from MS with a bunch of icon images as a memory. I'm sorry, but that sounds hilarious.
  - bellyfullofbac 5y ago
    "Your memories on OneDrive: Remember this bug from 4 years ago?" Although, they should add that feature on GitHub. (No I'm not serious, Mr/Ms. GitHub PM!)
- IG_Semmelweiss 5y ago
  I got the same weather toolbar. I cant seem to get rid of it. I dont even know what weather its picking up or how to change it Its very frustrating
  - herman_toothrot 5y ago
    Right click on it (or some other blank space in the taskbar), "News and interests" -> "Turn off" Total garbage.
    - IG_Semmelweiss 5y ago
      Thanks!
dcow 5y ago
I’d understand the anger way more if you couldn't just turn the offending feature off.
- crocodiletears 5y ago
  The anger stems from the exhaustion of having to opt out of yet another decision a megacorporation has unilaterally made to explicitly manipulate, correct, or badger you about your personal behaviors.
- midasuni 5y ago
  By dropping windows 20 years ago? Yup.
- josephcsible 5y ago
  How many offending features do you think is too many to reasonably expect people to have to turn off?
- flyinghamster 5y ago
  "Just turn it off" until the next update "helpfully" turns it back on for you "to improve your experience."
  - olyjohn 5y ago
    Or when they add in the next "helpful" feature. Then you can turn that one off too.
- bellyfullofbac 5y ago
  "We strive to make the best OS possible." vs. "Install Candy Crush! Free lootbox if you install now!" (Not genuine quotes). What a joke of a company...
bena 5y ago
Yeah. When I saw the link title I was wondering what half-baked clout chasing blogger was trying to stir the shit for clicks. When I saw it was Petzold, I was just flat out shocked. This is the guy when it comes to developing for Windows. He is deep in the Microsoft ecosystem. For him to come out this strongly against a product means it's probably worse than even that.

S_A_P 5y ago

Agreed- Crazy that this came from him. In the last 2-3 months Ive noticed a few pretty annoying things happening with my MS account- First the weather toolbar was added to my system tray and it looked very much like one of those spam toolbars that have plagued Windows ad/malware. Next I started getting memories from OneDrive. I use my 1 drive for dev backup and as such I get an email from MS with a bunch of icon images as a memory.

Flow 5y ago
> Next I started getting memories from OneDrive. I use my 1 drive for dev backup and as such I get an email from MS with a bunch of icon images as a memory. I'm sorry, but that sounds hilarious.
- bellyfullofbac 5y ago
  "Your memories on OneDrive: Remember this bug from 4 years ago?" Although, they should add that feature on GitHub. (No I'm not serious, Mr/Ms. GitHub PM!)
IG_Semmelweiss 5y ago
I got the same weather toolbar. I cant seem to get rid of it. I dont even know what weather its picking up or how to change it Its very frustrating
- herman_toothrot 5y ago
  Right click on it (or some other blank space in the taskbar), "News and interests" -> "Turn off" Total garbage.
  - IG_Semmelweiss 5y ago
    Thanks!

dcow 5y ago

I’d understand the anger way more if you couldn't just turn the offending feature off.

crocodiletears 5y ago
The anger stems from the exhaustion of having to opt out of yet another decision a megacorporation has unilaterally made to explicitly manipulate, correct, or badger you about your personal behaviors.
midasuni 5y ago
By dropping windows 20 years ago? Yup.
josephcsible 5y ago
How many offending features do you think is too many to reasonably expect people to have to turn off?
flyinghamster 5y ago
"Just turn it off" until the next update "helpfully" turns it back on for you "to improve your experience."
- olyjohn 5y ago
  Or when they add in the next "helpful" feature. Then you can turn that one off too.
bellyfullofbac 5y ago
"We strive to make the best OS possible." vs. "Install Candy Crush! Free lootbox if you install now!" (Not genuine quotes). What a joke of a company...

bena 5y ago

Yeah. When I saw the link title I was wondering what half-baked clout chasing blogger was trying to stir the shit for clicks. When I saw it was Petzold, I was just flat out shocked. This is the guy when it comes to developing for Windows. He is deep in the Microsoft ecosystem. For him to come out this strongly against a product means it's probably worse than even that.