#BloatWare

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2026-02-04

@Eichi +9001%

Genauso wie wenn Leute gesagt bekommen dass #Bloatware wie #GeForceExperience es aus guten Gründen nicht unter #Linux gibt bzw. Probleme an #nvidia liegen, nicht an #Linux!

2026-01-27

France gives up on US conference video apps. Europe seeks #software independence from the USA

Alongside the trend to reclaim ownership(and trust) in ubiquitous software applications, is a better understanding of the need of security and safety.

#microsoft Word is not a great document interchange tool and #Adobe PDF is not much better. Time for a reset

#bloatware

cyberinsider.com/france-to-rep

Richard Quinnrq4c@mastodon.world
2026-01-22

@killyourfm

Are there not browsers, based upon Firefox/Chromium/etc, that have already removed the bloat — so you simply download a bloat-free browser?

If not, wouldn't that be better?

#webbrowser #Firefox #Chrome #Chromium #bloatware

diesUndDasMitTassen 🇺🇦Andreas_Sturm
2026-01-20

@axx I am so happy burned all bridges down to Microsoft, google, Adobe and apple. Feeling self-determined, free and protected again with regard to my data. Processes and functions are much faster, more stable and available offline.


@rysiek

2026-01-16

Just the Browser
"Remove AI features, telemetry data reporting, sponsored content, product integrations, and other annoyances from web browsers."

#HowTo #WebBrowser #bloatware

2026-01-16

@abcfeeds

Maybe try something else?

Only one major tech company runs those kind of updates and has a blue screen of death. Cowardly #journalism.

Some hashtags for you.

#microsoft #bloatware #ai #captiveconsumers

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2026-01-15

@krutor @frumble leider halt nur #Downgrades was Features angeht:

Álvaro R. G. 🇪🇸🍉tatoroga
2026-01-12
WinFuture.deWinFuture
2026-01-11

Mit veröffentlicht der Entwickler von ein neues -Source-, das und aus entfernt. Nutzer sollen so die Kontrolle über ihr zurückerhalten. winfuture.de/news,156104.html?

2026-01-09

Whenever I'm forced to install #nodejs and #npm on a perfectly good #linux system and I'm waiting for the install to complete, I invariably think of this:

#bloatware

cartoon image of a fire hydrant upon which a large dog (not pictured) is relieving himself
ℒӱḏɩę 💾☮∞🎶♲☀🔋Lydie@tech.lgbt
2026-01-07

Is your PC running the #bloatware AI slop known as #Windows 11? Here's a fix:

teknixstuff.com/Libraries/Proj

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2026-01-05

@rraggl eben!

Dass fundamentale #Treiber bis heute nicht in #Windows integriert sind und wie in den 1990ern #Treiber händlisch reingeprügelt werden müssen ist auch ein Unding dass es so glücklicherweise nie unter #Linux gab.

Meine Beispiele bei Windows sind noch nichtmals weirde Edge-Cases sondern fundamentale Funktionen

  • #Linux mag zwar in seltensten Fällen auf Konsole crashen, aber es kann von dort wenigstens repariert oder sogar benutzt werden!
tamagosantamagosan
2025-12-30
2025-12-26

One good thing may come out of this AI-driven RAM crunch. It might be the kick in the behind that gets developers to give up complacency about library and framework bloat (*cough* Electron), reverse Wirth's law, and start caring about their applications' memory footprint.

Richard Speed of The Register compared skyrocketing DRAM prices to the 1970s oil crisis. Automakers had to innovate by making their vehicles more fuel-efficient.
theregister.com/2025/12/23/mem

#bloatware #RAMShortage #OilCrisis #electron #DRAM #GatesLaw #WirthsLaw

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-12-26

@onekind the problem ain't people who "don't know better" but suits that go full asshole mode on anyone who isn't licking their boots and explains them why "X is a bad idea"

Cuz unlike #Users who can be persuaded with #facts, #management can't be engaged on a rational level. I tried that multiple times on multiple occasions and with multiple employers

So no, this isn't "Blaming the user" because #Users don't want "#AI" and other #bloatware neither!

2025-12-20

@loretahur.bsky.social se resiente mucho mas cuando apagas tu laptop con Debian/Linux y enciendes la TV solo para leer esa 'crónica' sobre la actualidad internacional del en los dispositivos domésticos 😓

ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞspacemagick
2025-12-19

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