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Needy Programs (tonsky.me)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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If you’ve been around, you might’ve noticed that our relationships with programs have changed.

Older programs were all about what you need: you can do this, that, whatever you want, just let me know. You were in control, you were giving orders, and programs obeyed.

But recently (a decade, more or less), this relationship has subtly changed. Newer programs (which are called apps now, yes, I know) started to want things from you.

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[–] 3 points 11 months ago

Most updates are a waste of time on my phone. Open a streaming media player for a closed streaming service and before it let's you watch anything it reminds you that you can spend a minute or two updating to a new version indistinguishable from the o/d version. Who knows what they're changing because the attack surface is basically nonexistent and bugs aren't being fixed.

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