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Have you changed you youtube pfp to clippy ? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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This community usually discusses consumer rights, but nobody is discussing this initiative. Is it maybe cuz Lemmy's majority ain't American?

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[–] 45 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Clippy is such a stupid mascot for this "movement".

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    how so? I think it's absolutely perfect that what was once emblematic of corporate overreach into our lives would be welcomed as preferable to the current state of affairs. Clippy didn't want to sell your data to bounty hunters, he just wanted to help.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    He absolutely would have sold your data if there were any buyers for it. Microsoft was still a terrible company in the Clippy era, there just were fewer opportunities to be terrible in this particular way at the time.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Clippy is Microsoft!! So you are using a Microsoft product to fight against Microsoft? Just use libre office or other tool set instead.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    well the last thing I'd want to do is infringe Microsoft's IP ... what is the FOSS alternative to Clippy?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I mean, Tux is right there.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    didn't know people hated Tux but whatever

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Clippy symbolizes the attachment our generation has to the old state of software:

    • you bought it? Then it runs offline for sure!
    • nothing runs on background, except if you turn it on (Yes I never turned on Windows default protection on Win xp or win 7
    • You bought? You own it, you format it, you don't pay for subscription, and there is practically nothing stopping you from modifying it if you go hacker.

    On top of that Clippy looks cute. Personally I'm not participating in the movement since I'm not American, but imo the choice does make sense.
    While I'm typing from Ubuntu, I only switched to Linux cuz I can't get back to the old state of win xp or win 7 that was perfect imo. While some are trying to convert people into Linux, others are trying to restore the corporate business to the old acceptable state.
    Neither will succeed alone, and in fact those companies are using resources of your country to produce this shit, so it makes sense that you demand it to not suck that hard.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That is nostalgia talking. Microsoft was evil at that time. I will rather that the tiktoker use his monetized video to talk about Linux. He is creating a false movement just for money and eye ball purpose. Be real.

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