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I'm just curious: does your local dictionary and thesaurus lack some feature that those sites used to provide for you? Maybe I'm just in a privileged position b

I'm just curious: does your local dictionary and thesaurus lack some feature that those sites used to provide for you? Maybe I'm just in a privileged position because the dictionary and thesaurus Spotlight integration is so handy, and I'd bet that Windows doesn't have nice things, or if they have them they're now also enshittified

tgv 1y ago
There's no such thing in a Windows installation as iOS and macOS offer out of the box. There are apps, though, available via the Microsoft Store. A free one, called Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus says this in its privacy policy: III. Types of personal data collected 3.1 While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain Personal Data. The categories of Personal Data may include, but are not limited to: • First name and surname • Country and country code • Email address • Phone number (if applicable) • Habitual residence (if applicable) • Google, Facebook, Huawei, Microsoft and/ or Apple credentials and profile pictures (if applicable) • Billing and payment data – credit or debit card number, bank account information (if applicable) and information about payments So, yeah. • Cookies and Usage Data – device type, device ID and/ or IP address, crash logs data, diagnostic data, music files data and other information as clarified below (if applicable) • Communications and content, including audio, video, text (typed, inked, dictated, or otherwise), in a message, email, or chat (if applicable).
- tacostakohashi 1y ago
  It's really depressing that such obvious, classical applications for computers like replacing paper dictionaries, phone directories, etc. basically can't exist because if they did, they'd have to be enshittified into tools for advertising or surveillance.
loloquwowndueo 1y ago
Gee you make it sound like Windows and macOS are the only games in town :)
- hackyhacky 1y ago
  Good point. There is also a VMS dictionary: https://docs.vmssoftware.com/vsi-openvms-dcl-dictionary-a-m/ https://docs.vmssoftware.com/vsi-openvms-dcl-dictionary-a-m/
  - throwaway843 1y ago
    AmigaOS had dictioary.library which AmigaWriter used as could any other app, such as Lemmings.

tgv 1y ago

There's no such thing in a Windows installation as iOS and macOS offer out of the box. There are apps, though, available via the Microsoft Store. A free one, called Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus says this in its privacy policy: III. Types of personal data collected 3.1 While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain Personal Data. The categories of Personal Data may include, but are not limited to: • First name and surname • Country and country code • Email address • Phone number (if applicable) • Habitual residence (if applicable) • Google, Facebook, Huawei, Microsoft and/ or Apple credentials and profile pictures (if applicable) • Billing and payment data – credit or debit card number, bank account information (if applicable) and information about payments So, yeah. • Cookies and Usage Data – device type, device ID and/ or IP address, crash logs data, diagnostic data, music files data and other information as clarified below (if applicable) • Communications and content, including audio, video, text (typed, inked, dictated, or otherwise), in a message, email, or chat (if applicable).

tacostakohashi 1y ago
It's really depressing that such obvious, classical applications for computers like replacing paper dictionaries, phone directories, etc. basically can't exist because if they did, they'd have to be enshittified into tools for advertising or surveillance.

loloquwowndueo 1y ago

Gee you make it sound like Windows and macOS are the only games in town :)

hackyhacky 1y ago
Good point. There is also a VMS dictionary: https://docs.vmssoftware.com/vsi-openvms-dcl-dictionary-a-m/ https://docs.vmssoftware.com/vsi-openvms-dcl-dictionary-a-m/
- throwaway843 1y ago
  AmigaOS had dictioary.library which AmigaWriter used as could any other app, such as Lemmings.