• @Lojcs@lemm.ee
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    242 months ago

    It was considered best practice to never install anything

    In what universe? You might as well never turn on your computer.

    • @TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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      172 months ago

      Yeah this post makes a good point but sounds a little like the writer did not experience what they claim to. WeatherBug was buggy slow bullshit and everyone installed it anyway. it was only people who noticed details who saw how sluggish it made your PC. To this day I’ve never heard a single person talk about it getting your location being a problem, until now. That’s a good point I guess but I just don’t think it was on many people’s radars.

      • @MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works
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        52 months ago

        I installed all kinds of stuff, but the metric was if it slowed down my PC or especially my games. That’d get me to uninstall, run antivirus and/or anti-malware, or even totally reinstall Windows real quick.

    • @Huschke@programming.dev
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      112 months ago

      It really feels like the OP didn’t have older people in their life with browsers with 3 or more toolbars that you had to service every other month. 😅

      People clicked yes to everything. Just like they do now. Nothing has changed.

    • @Reucnalts@feddit.de
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      22 months ago

      In this universe. I didnt want to have 10 fucking different toolbars for my browser. You had to see the correct download button, so that you get your wanted download plus malware/viruses. If you got the wrong you got a lot of malware xD