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Quicky

@ Quicky @piefed.social

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  • Why is Windows still bloated

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  • This is important. This is the only reason why Windows still exists. If it would stop running old software there wouldn't be any reason to stay on Windows. Because Linux/Wine in many cases can already do it.

    I guess that’s exactly why I’m asking. Linux doesn’t have the same bloat. So why couldn’t Microsoft maintain compatibility with the old software via their old operating systems (and continued security updates), but streamline their new operating systems which clearly have specific hardware requirements. Wouldn’t that make them more competitive with respect to Linux?

  • Shitposting should be called pooposting for the alliteration alone!

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  • Wish I'd never watched that video

  • Why are people so rude on Reddit compared to the Fediverse?

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  • But once you make the wrong noises about something, plenty of people show up ready to prove just how mean and horrible they can actually be.

    This is true. Linux isn’t my platform of choice, and the “passion” of the responses that provokes is remarkable.

  • might be a form of Jevons Paradox

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  • I’ve not come across this but I’ll check it out. Is that App Store apps only?

    I think probably 90% of the apps I’ve installed have been through the homebrew package manager which likely means they don’t do any phoning home, but I’ll check out the pre-installed stuff and see if I can replicate.

  • might be a form of Jevons Paradox

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  • With respect to OP's post, they say "you can't even tell the computers we are on are 15x faster...", and I reckon that quick resume etc, is an example of "you absolutely can tell that we now have extremely fast hardware" when compared to what came before, irrespective of the quality of the software.

    I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just picking apart the blanket "computers feel the same as they did a decade ago". Some computers might feel the same, and a lot of software might be unoptimised, but there's a good selection of examples where that's not the case.

  • might be a form of Jevons Paradox

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  • What apps out of interest? I’m a new Mac owner, so limited experience, but everything seems insanely quick so far. Even something like Xcode is a one-bounce on this M4 Air.

  • might be a form of Jevons Paradox

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  • I guess the counter argument for games is load times have dramatically improved, though that’s less about software development than hardware improvements.

    If we put consoles in the same bracket as computers, the literally instant quick-resume feature on an Xbox (for example) feels like sci-fi.

  • might be a form of Jevons Paradox

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  • I feel like this is Windows specific. Linux is rapid on PCs and my MacBook is absurdly quick.

  • YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable

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  • If you’ve got a VPN, just install that on your Apple TV. Google doesn’t show ads in certain countries (the list is Googleable). That was an absolute game changer for me.

  • YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable

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  • I use an Apple TV, but I assume it’s the same as any other streaming box or appropriate smart TV.

    The absolute piece-of-piss way to block all YouTube ads on it is to install a VPN like Proton, choose a relevant country (easily googleable), and there will be no ads whatsoever in YouTube.

    Google doesn’t serve ads on YouTube in a handful of countries.

  • Postman Strikes Again

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  • He doesn’t owe you shit

  • Apple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 beta - Users who don’t verify their age may not be able to download or purchase apps.

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  • Yeah, no doubt.

  • Apple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 beta - Users who don’t verify their age may not be able to download or purchase apps.

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  • The technical implementation, or the law itself?

  • Apple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 beta - Users who don’t verify their age may not be able to download or purchase apps.

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  • Not a single word in this rant has any relevance to my comment.

  • Apple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 beta - Users who don’t verify their age may not be able to download or purchase apps.

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  • Mixed feelings about this.

    However, ethical questions aside, and from a purely legal conformation standpoint, if the phone validates the user is over 18 and passes only that info as a token to whatever application or website requests it, then it's a good implementation. It means elimination of multiple validation requirements, minimal transfer of data to third parties, fewer sources holding personal data, etc. Whether it works that way remains to be seen.

  • Day 581 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

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  • I've been playing this the last few days too. I got the game on the Switch for the kids during lockdown and it became an instant favourite with them, but it was disappointing that you could only have one profile that had their own island.

    Several years later, we've all got MacBooks, and I have been messing about with emulation. There's a particular emulator that Nintendo killed but forks are still maintained that run incredibly well on Macs. This past weekend saw the three of us reminiscing, each finally with our own island.

  • Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize - AUTOMATON WEST

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  • I reckon it's also because there are simply so many games available now, and countless devices to play them on. My generation had one console or computer max, and a handful of games. Now young gamers have half a dozen devices at home, and thousands of free or easily accessible titles on whatever platform is currently in reach. They don't need to commit to a couple of titles, when an advert for the next one is a tap away.

    I mentioned this before on another post, but I had 5 games on my PS1 as a kid. There are currently over 400 owned games available on the living room Xbox, there's a Switch in the house, the kids have iPhones, iPads and laptops, there's a Quest 2 gathering dust etc etc. That attachment we had to one or two of the few games we owned as kids has to be in part down to accessibility.

  • Microslop

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  • Ha yeah, very good point. Reminds me of Lego. The entertainment is mostly in the building. Once complete, it’s mostly untouched.

  • Microslop

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  • I had a similar Ubuntu experience in the Windows XP years too (2006ish?).

    Everything had a barrier. WiFi drivers always seemed to be a problem, but if I wanted to do anything non-standard it was an exercise in frustration. At one point I owned a Sony digital camcorder that I wanted to get video files from. Eventually, following hours of forum research I learned I had to recompile the kernel to do it, which did actually get me there. To this day I have no idea what a kernel is, and I have no desire to. I remember thinking how wildly complex it was to do something that worked so easily in Windows. 

    Entirely off topic and potentially triggering anecdote when accounting for Linux’s general prevalence here, but that wasn’t what turned me back to Windows from Ubuntu 20 years ago, it was actually something that most would could consider a positive for Linux. It was the fact that it was so customisable. I had weird multiple desktops that were mapped to a rotatable cube, I spent ages configuring translucent live performance stats on the desktop, hours updating icons and themes etc, whatever I saw on forums that looked cool and wanted to replicate. 

    Then one day I acknowledged I just wasn’t ever actually using the computer. I literally spent more time modifying and customising stuff than I did actually doing anything. I realised I was never satisfied with the current config and just kept tweaking.

    It’s probably not surprising to hear I’ve since been fully into the almost entirely un-customisable Apple ecosystem for a while now. While it’s taken my money, it’s given me back my time!