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[-] dinckelman@lemmy.world 154 points 2 months ago

Why is it never the other way around? I’m sick of EULA updates silently enrolling me into things i never asked for

[-] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 55 points 2 months ago

They are asking for legal trouble anyway, at least in Europe

[-] dinckelman@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago

And we’ll just watch them either get slapped by an insignificant fine, or watch them weasel their way out of this again, by claiming they made you agree to some perpetual abandonment of rights, like they always do

[-] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 14 points 2 months ago

Or pay a fine of half a billion or so, but only 15 years later

[-] dreugeworst@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

it says you need to have smart features on for this to work. I went looking for how to turn it off, but aparently in the EU, UK, Japan and others it's off by default

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

Plus the options are frequently hidden and unclear.

I thought disabling One Drive on my Windows machine would keep it from syncing to the cloud. Nope, it just changed where the files were stored but Windows copies it to One Drive even when One Drive isn't running.

In the case of google, I assume that turning off the Gemini bullshit doesn't have any impact on it copying all the content to their servers even if you don't see it happening.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 14 points 2 months ago

but Windows copies it to One Drive even when One Drive isn't running.

I don't understand why users and our justice system let them get away with this. This is malicious. Your operating system is literally literally malware. It does not respect your choices and it steals your information.

[-] normonator@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

That's just untrue though, onedrive doesn't work like that. I'm not saying Microsoft doesnt steal data either, but onedrive isn't required for that. In fact it can suck so hard it won't sync shit while running.

Defender can literally submit anything it wants to Microsoft by default and doesn't hide it.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

It absolutely does work like that.

[-] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

to shove it in people's faces who would never go out of their way to turn it on. probably like 99% of people.

As Louis Rossmann likes to say, this is a rapist mentality.

Ask for forgiveness instead of permission.

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