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> You start off with a maybe interesting point... Uh, thanks? The phrase, "damning with faint praise" comes to mind. Indeed, my point was precisely the one yo

> You start off with a maybe interesting point... Uh, thanks? The phrase, "damning with faint praise" comes to mind. Indeed, my point was precisely the one you, yourself, referenced, but then you turned "most people just don't even notice any more," (because they don't see it like the people on this forum do) into "Windows users are dumb." I simply didn't say that. If you're implying that because I said they don't know how to turn notifications off, I didn't say that because I think they're too stupid to learn how to do so. A simple search would fix it. They just don't feel it's worth the effort. They don't want to spend time shaving that yak. And I sometimes can't blame them, because, in another month, there's going to be another set of notifications to squash from the continual churn of new purchases and signups. It's an eternal vigilance. > The lesson is Linux users/developers dumb hurr hurr, was it? I.. don't know what to say to that. It's like you were responding to a different comment than mine or something.

jodrellblank 3y ago
> ""Windows users are dumb." I simply didn't say that." What's your reason for saying that Windows users who use Windows for things other than games "do not understand computer annoyances" or how to turn them off? --> https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1992/12/02 https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1992/12/02 > "They just don't feel it's worth the effort." ... of course we do. The same way, and for the same reason, you swat spam. And no we don't have 10,000 unread emails because we also get rid of spam.
- heyoni 3y ago
  People are getting used to it and it’s becoming the norm. That’s all this means. My wife is academically accomplished, knows how to unsubscribe from mailing lists but truly doesn’t care while it drives me crazy. People like my wife (desensitized, not dumb) that can only ever find an email by using the search button are the reason microsoft is testing these boundaries and being so shady.
  - TheRealDunkirk 3y ago
    My wife too, which is where I started noticing it.
- TheRealDunkirk 3y ago
  You’re lumping yourself into my definition of a casual user, when by the very fact that you’re in this forum, you don’t fit.

jodrellblank 3y ago

> ""Windows users are dumb." I simply didn't say that." What's your reason for saying that Windows users who use Windows for things other than games "do not understand computer annoyances" or how to turn them off? --> https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1992/12/02 https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1992/12/02 > "They just don't feel it's worth the effort." ... of course we do. The same way, and for the same reason, you swat spam. And no we don't have 10,000 unread emails because we also get rid of spam.

heyoni 3y ago
People are getting used to it and it’s becoming the norm. That’s all this means. My wife is academically accomplished, knows how to unsubscribe from mailing lists but truly doesn’t care while it drives me crazy. People like my wife (desensitized, not dumb) that can only ever find an email by using the search button are the reason microsoft is testing these boundaries and being so shady.
- TheRealDunkirk 3y ago
  My wife too, which is where I started noticing it.
TheRealDunkirk 3y ago
You’re lumping yourself into my definition of a casual user, when by the very fact that you’re in this forum, you don’t fit.