@mjdxp @storm also the #Ribbon is #wasteful in terms of screen space, bricks existing #workflows (it's worse than #IntelliMenues) and doesn't even make it eadier for newcomers.
#MicrosoftOffice is just #bloatware and needs to be abolished.
#Bloatware
Apple Mail est vraiment sympa au quotidien, mais quand il faut faire des trucs de bourrin il n’y a plus personne, mais alors vraiment plus.
J’ai tenté en l’espace de quelques minutes de marquer comme lus environ 120 000 messages, puis de déplacer ceux de 2023 dans un sous-répertoire, ceux de 2024 dans un autre.
Tel que c’est parti il n’aura pas fini demain.
#Apple #bloatware
MS Office too slow so Microsoft makes it load at Windows startup
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2651749/office-is-too-slow-so-microsoft-is-making-it-load-at-windows-startup.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43852162
Bonus: How Microsoft Teams Breaks You - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O0VbCvWlxk
I’m only using one #Slack workspace these days, but this sucks…
“This is a notice that starting June 27th, 2025, messages and files older than one year will be deleted from your workspace if you remain on the free Slack plan. To retain access to content older than a year, your workspace needs to be on a Slack paid plan.”
…but also Slack sucks, so this isn’t surprising.
Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für Jedermann 🔐
Teilen erbeten ‼️ :BoostOK:
als PDF:
https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/fQoTfTZJu7LScr1Jus5csQn2/
#DSGVO #TDDDG ( #unplugtrump )
#Datenschutz #Privatsphäre #sicherheit #Verschlüsselung
#encryption #WEtell #SoloKey #NitroKey #Email #Cybersecurity #Pixelfed #Massenűberwachung #Leta
#Google #Metadaten #WhatsApp #Threema #Cryptpad #Signal
#Hateaid #Cyberstalking #Messenger #Browser #Youtube #NewPipe #Chatkontrolle #nichtszuverbergen #ÜberwachungsKapitalismus #Microsoft #Apple #Windows #Linux #Matrix #Mastodon #Friendica #Fediverse #Mastodir #Loops #2FA #Ransomware #Foss #VeraCrypt #HateAid #Coreboot #Volksverpetzer #Netzpolitik #Digitalisierung #FragdenStaat #Shiftphone #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #CCC #Mail #Mullvad #PGP #GnuPG #DNS #Gaming #linuxgaming #Lutris #Protondb #eOS #Enshittification
#Bloatware #TPM #Murena #LiberaPay #GnuTaler #Taler #PreppingforFuture
#FediLZ #BlueLZ #InstaLZ #ThreatModel
#FLOSS #UEFI #Medienkompetenz
Seems 4GB is not enough for building #QtWebEngine even with single processing (-j1)
Where did we go so wrong, everything is so fucking bloated?
#compiling #bloatware
#IT's #Still a #StillAliveSaturday...!
The #FreshPotOfCoffee is #KickingIn...
#TheOmen is #Still #BeingPrepared for the #DigitalSwitchOver from #TheOldWorkHorse, #Alienware; but, there's #NoRush... #TheOldWorkHorse's #PhasedRetirement is #ExactlyThat - a #PhasedRetirement...
1: The #Bloatware is #Manageable; #EasilyStripped and #Dumped;
2: #DeBadging #TheOmen is #AlsoSimple; #Intel and #nvidia can #Carry their own #Marketing without #MyAssistance; and,
3: #TheOmenGamingHub; #Man... #OhMan...
#HP has done a #NiceJob; we're #LookingForward to our 15%-#SpringDiscount - just for being #SuperAwesome™️
#HappyHappy #InternationalSculptureDay...!
🧙⚕️🤖:wolfparty:🤖⚕️🧙 | :fediverse:☕️🦹🐻🦹☕ :fediverse:
FUCK!!!!! How I hate Windoze when it refreshes the Explorer when I'm trying to click on a file or directory! #windows11 is crap #bloatware :floofAngry:
Factors:
1. Accessibility. Not everyone has really fast (or stable) internet.
2. Environmental. There's no reason to use more computing power than necessary for the task at hand. It's wasteful. Very few people need the fancy features advanced text editors introduce.
3. Interoperability. Text files I write and send are readable *everywhere.* Try loading up Google Docs on a 1024x768 screen with a 256MB RAM Pentium 3. You'll be lucky if Google Docs even loads.
4. Privacy. A text file is easy to protect. GPG is the most straightforward. It remains small, and there's no way middle-men can read it. Google Docs? Google has root and they're not encrypted from them. So, good luck.
5. Account requirements. Text files require no accounts anywhere. All you need it an Internet connection and a DNS server that'll point your computer the right way. SaaS requires that you also have up-to-date software, a powerful computer, and that you register an account with them to access files shared with you.
6. Storage space. A text file takes kilobytes. A .docx file takes megabytes. My daily journal, which granted has some meta-data but is still plain text, is nearing on 580kb after three years of diligent, detailed journaling. I can't help but doubt that Word would even open a .docx file that large if formatted natively. (Thousands of headings, links, timestamps, etc.)
6. Feature-set. Plain text lets you do enough for 99% of all tasks. Yes, it's not as pretty, but within the bounds of putting characters into a file, you have complete freedom. Proprietary services, on the other hand, have a very very rich feature-set, most of which is irrelevant for 99% of users. The drawback of this is that every user is forced to load these rarely-used functions onto their own computer when the applications load up. That's wasteful, and likely cost the world hundreds of millions in unnecessary energy expenditure already.
TL;DR: Use plain text unless you absolutely positively can't help it. It's seriously better in every way.
#plaintext #emacs #txt #notepad #bloat #bloatware #saas #googledocs #msword #microsoftword #rant
RE: https://fed.bajsicki.com/notes/a6uy06mot0
Today I installed Acrobat Reader directly from #adobe 's website, and they installed "McAfee Security Scan Plus" without asking! 🤯 Even after I canceled the installation, McAfee got installed anyway. We're already paying steep annual fees for Adobe, why would they resort to #bloatware ??
Any recommendation for a #dashboard alike #website, which is not #homarr? #docker is fine, #bloatware is not. I need to redo my home.. Info (link) in my profile. Thank You 😊
@spencersb That Reddit page led me to this, which seems very helpful: "How to Stop Your Samsung Phone From Automatically Downloading Apps"
https://www.makeuseof.com/stop-samsung-phone-from-automatically-installing-apps/
Yay got a new phone.
1st order of business: uninstalling the #bloatware that can be uninstalled and disabling the bloatware that can't be uninstalled.
*sigh*
Both the phone manufacturer and the ISP are trying to install this junk. Blergh
Talking with the folks in the local #vintage / #retrocomputing community, they clued me in that the #ThinkPad #RAID is a steaming pile of 💩 and not worth the trouble.
🤷 Oh well. Thanks for cluing me in
So I swapped out the two testing #NVMe drives I was using and reinstalled the original sticks - to have #windoz10 demanding for the #bitlocker recovery key. 🤦♂️
Well, time to wipe & install #windoz11 then.
Install went fine, only 4 rando #drivers to find for all #devices to be recognized and working.
Using my #CTT scripts to install the majority of applications, then to remove the #spyware #bloatware and other garbage #micro$oft added to #windows11
Then migrate my #data from my other ThinkPad. Welcome to my #sunday #funday
#siliconValley #SillyValley #sanfrancisco #sanfran #sanfranciscocomputers #sanfrancomputers #sanfranciscovintagecomputers #sanfranvintagecomputers #sanfranciscovintagehardware #sanfranvin-tagehardware
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware #computerHistory #retro #VCF #vintageComputerFestival
#retrocomputing #retroComputers #WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #computerHardware #laptop #laptops
#IBM #thinkpad #thinkpads #VintageThinkPad #X86 #WindowsVista #IBMhardware #lenovoHard-ware #Thinkpadnium
#upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #ThinkPadRepair #WasteNotWantNot #Thinkpadnium
#makeShitMonday #showmewhatyougot
#MetaKI:
Das steckt hinter dem blauen Symbol in #WhatsApp #Meta
#Bloatware
@P1Madsen @avatter probier' mal @ubuntu / #UbuntuLTS und dann willste nie mehr #Windows10 oder gar #Windows11 samt #Bloatware & #Enshittification nutzen!
@ajsadauskas @JessTheUnstill @tomiahonen @fuchsiii obviously, that would've been a good standard for everyone, given that almost all non-#Gaming #Apps these days are #WebApps and at that point we'd not have 100+ MB #bloatware that essentially just loads a #Website and can't even cache shit!
- /me stares angrily at #Cordova
Personally I believe the @europarl_en & @EUCommission could do that and establish as well as enforce an #EC #norm, just as they did with #USBc, #CCS2 and #GDPR!
- It's just lack of political #pressure and #will to actually deal with the #AntiCompetitive-ness of #GAFAMs and given #Microsoft got forced into the #BrowserChoice setup in #WindowsXP & #Windows7, I demand the same for #iOS, #macOS and #Windows11 to include not only #Firefox & #Chrome but also #TorBrowser!
#Android needs to be better as in being more than just the "lesser evil" compared to iOS!
Al final me he decidió por ir borrando con adb todo el #bloatware manualmente. Me tomara bastante mas tiempo pero es lo que hay.
#Handheld von #Lenovo wird ohne #Windows wesentlich günstiger? 100$ sparen und dafür keine #Bloatware. Win-win sozusagen. :blobcatfingerguns:
https://glm.io/194538?n
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