▲ 299 ▼ Windows won’t take screenshots of everything you do after all — unless you opt in (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world 77 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 21 points 2 years ago (3 children) WHY THE FUCK WOULD SOMEONE WILLINGLY OPT IN?! permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) Cause they're going to show a pop-up that advertises some "cool new feature", and the 99% of users who aren't tech literate will say yes and never think about it again. People on this site severely overestimate how much the average person cares and their overall level of tech. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Yup. Average user doesn’t know what pop or imap is and can’t use their tv remote to change an input. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pixel_prophet@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago People will be deceived into opting in via some UI anti pattern like they do with the online user accounts and onedrive now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 2 years ago* Because they'll add it to the list of coercively and deceptively worded questions they force you to answer before you can use a WIndows account, phrase it so as to sound useful and harmless, and have a big friendly "Sounds great!" button and a tiny "No thanks, I prefer my life to be shit" link. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) Cause they're going to show a pop-up that advertises some "cool new feature", and the 99% of users who aren't tech literate will say yes and never think about it again. People on this site severely overestimate how much the average person cares and their overall level of tech. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Yup. Average user doesn’t know what pop or imap is and can’t use their tv remote to change an input. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Yup. Average user doesn’t know what pop or imap is and can’t use their tv remote to change an input. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pixel_prophet@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago People will be deceived into opting in via some UI anti pattern like they do with the online user accounts and onedrive now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 2 years ago* Because they'll add it to the list of coercively and deceptively worded questions they force you to answer before you can use a WIndows account, phrase it so as to sound useful and harmless, and have a big friendly "Sounds great!" button and a tiny "No thanks, I prefer my life to be shit" link. permalink fedilink source parent