• Object@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    On that matter, why is Norton antivirus so popular? I don’t remember being prompted to install one when installing Windows, yet I’ve seen a lot of people with it.

    • radix@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Back in the day, Norton actually made some useful tools. They’ve been coasting on that 90s reputation for decades, though. It’s all unnecessary bloatware now.

  • EldenLord@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    No wait, you’re telling me that mega-corporations don’t care about me getting good products and having sole ownership of my personal data?

    B-but [sponsored tech-geek blog], [generic gaming-news outlet] and [irrelevant apple shill] only ever told me so! Are you implying they lie to me?

    Realtalk I only use cracked win11 pro workstation and iPhone because of work, every telemetry possible disabled (god bless the EU).

    • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 months ago

      I have a trash internet connection so I just play whack-a-mole with internet privileges. Windows update? No. NVIDIA? Not a chance. Google? How is that even on my computer? But also nah.

      Turns out most things use fuck all resources without internet