• lessthanluigi@lemmy.world
    101·
    5 months ago

    Download video game for free

    Default search engine DOESN’T change because I was using the Free and Open Source™ operating system, GNU/Linux

        • moriquende@lemmy.world
          3·
          5 months ago

          Before you paid for “free” software with your data, you used to pay by agreeing to install a search bar in your browser. Usually you just uninstalled it directly afterwards. Not this guy though.

          • 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            5 months ago

            This kind of thing is what got me into actually reading install wizards instead of clicking next, next, agree, next, yes, install, finish. I learned I could just uncheck those agree/install boxes and still install the software I actually wanted without all the extra crap. That’s one trend from the 00s and early 10s I do not miss.

            • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              0·
              5 months ago

              This has kind of come around full circle… Video games went from what you described to literally just not letting you start the game until you approved every EULA that popped up before the main menu.

              They got us so used to just clicking OK because we knew the only alternative was not playing the game at all.

              Now they have several types of EULAs at the start of a game, and usually the "data sharing’ one is separated out and not needed to be approved in order to start the game (probably thanks the GDPR if I had to guess off hand). But people have gotten so conditioned to the idea of “just click OK over and over so I can start playing” that they don’t realize there’s two separate EULAs there, and only one is required to be accepted to play the game.

              • BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net
                0·
                5 months ago

                usually the "data sharing’ one is separated out and not needed to be approved in order to start the game

                This hasn’t been my experience with games at all. The data sharing one typically has to be accepted as well, at least on the console games I’ve played.

                I always try to say no to them, and they just boot me back to the title screen, even when I have the game on disc. It’s all region-locked shit so I don’t find this terribly surprising, just really invasive…

                Pc gaming is probably better because you actually have options to spoof location and stuff, so they can’t know for sure, maybe that’s where you’ve experienced that?

                • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  1·
                  5 months ago

                  Try again next time, and look a little bit closer. They will do everything they can to make you think you need to accept both, but there’s a reason there are two things you need to approve and why the wording is subtly different when asking approval of one vs the other.

                  And yes I’m talking about console games as well.

    • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
      1·
      5 months ago

      Download security update for free

      Opt 1 \

      Default search engine DOESN’T change because I was using the Free and Open Source™ operating system, GNU/Linux

      Opt 2 \

      Default search engine changes because of reasons. Money reasons. Money reasons fueled by the product (user).

    • Psythik@lemmy.world
      3·
      5 months ago

      AMD’s auto updater does this. But it pops up and closes instantly so I have no idea if it’s actually working or just crashing.

    • BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      It freaks me out every time I see it on my rig with the damn bloated ass drivers now.

      I’m supposed to be clean. But it feels like computer herpes.

      In reality 2/3 or more of the world population has it, but nobody wants to admit or believe they do despite science saying differently lol.

  • PenisWenisGenius@lemmynsfw.com
    4·
    5 months ago

    One time when I was a teenager, I somehow downloaded exactly the wrong porn and then my login screen background and windows xp startup splash screen all got replaced with a Debian logo.

        • Synapse@lemmy.world
          0·
          5 months ago

          Back in the days, you’re probably right. Nowadays? I wouldn’t connect online with Windows XP…

          • u/unhappy_grapefruit_2@lemmy.world
            01·
            5 months ago

            To be honest. Windows XP is probably still good to use just with a decent router. most router firewalls are good enough on there own to keep out nasties. Other than that the best antivirus is common sense.

            • Synapse@lemmy.world
              0·
              5 months ago

              Good luck with software compatibility. The latest web-browser you can run on Windows XP is probably 10 years out of date by now and riddled with exploits, same with network share protocols, printer drives, etc. Your router will not protect you of attacs using port 443 or 80. Same for antivirus software, where are you going to find an updated one working on XP?

              • hex@programming.dev
                0·
                5 months ago

                Let’s remaster Windows XP. Call it Windows XP. Update security, compatibility.

                Oh, wait, that’s basically Linux

                • u/unhappy_grapefruit_2@lemmy.world
                  1·
                  5 months ago

                  I would love someone to develop Linux distribution that looks and works like XP. oh the nostalgia. Best of both worlds world’s best UI and based off linux preferably something nice and easy like Debian or Ubuntu. To help windows users get familiar with Linux

  • papalonian@lemmy.world
    2·
    5 months ago

    One time pirated some video editing software and after rebooting my Steam had janky early 2000s sidebar ads.

    • lessthanluigi@lemmy.world
      1·
      5 months ago

      Fuck, I remember when I was using Bing religiously unironicaly in the early 2010s during my Extremist Microsoft Loyalist phase.

    • corus_kt@lemmy.world
      0·
      5 months ago

      I keep clicking on that irritating Copilot AI button because Bing crammed it right in front where the image search tab usually is, and there’s no way to hide/turn it off. Nice

    • RandomVideos@programming.dev
      0·
      5 months ago

      The bing homepage is so terrible

      I had a friend that used microsoft edge and bing because they were the default and said that firefox is the worst and edge is much better

      I did switch his default browser to firefox and search engine(on edge) to google(i wanted to switch to duckduckgo, but he hated it for no reason) while he was talking

      • Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee
        0·
        5 months ago

        Can confirm. Even though everyone shits on Chrome for its liberal use of your RAM, Firefox will never suspend any pages, making it unusable when you’re multitasking.

        That’s an ongoing issue, too! Hasn’t been fixed for maybe a year at this point. Gonna use edge the next time I reinstall windows.

        • Lemminary@lemmy.world
          01·
          5 months ago

          What are you doing that renders Firefox unusable? I’ve never had this issue in over a decade and I usually have 10+ tabs open.