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[–] 10 points 2 months ago

Mostly accurate.

Needs more obstructive floating buttons and toolbars devised by dumb fucks who don't understand what the right mouse button is for.

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    [–] 68 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    yyyyyyyyes. god, the share buttons... who actually clicks those? instagram users?

    Edit in Canva

    is also such a thing

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  • [–] 34 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

    Those buttons aren't there to be used. They contain tracking links.

    Don't even need to click them for them to track you 🙂

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    ...what

    When viewing public content, like YouTube or Maps, sure you're right. But that's besides the point given that the post clearly refers to editors, not just viewers.

    On cloud editors where my documents are non-public until I explicitly enable public access "for anyone with the link" - by using the share button - it's not much tracking but literally required functionality. Even if we ignore corporate crap, that also applies to privacy focused, self hosted options like Immich

    Can't I just export to a file and share that? Yes, in some cases, but not in all. I might need collaborative features or I'm working on a weird type of document where I can't expect the recipient to have compatible native software installed, or it might be in a work context where my personal choices for software might be limited.

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    this "editor" is probably a electron app that shows you a web app, or some other web based thingz so every vendor connected to that button is collecting data all the same like every other website

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

    That's clearly not a social share button depicted in the drawing. It's an os / custom sharing button. Not to mention social share buttons don't necessarily load from the shared platform's own website, run javascript or track you across browsers.

    Share buttons exist because people use them.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    It sounds like you're both talking past each other re: is it the "share on Facebook" tracking thing, or the smartphone "share" button that is just how you export a file these days.

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    • [–] 24 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    And half the time it's in a fucking browser.

    Hey quick rant, I'm a professor and due to budget cuts they cut our MS Office so it's online only. I was already getting into non-slop software but now I need to check for compatibility using the browser version, since podiums only have Office and we're supposed to use that.

    So what I'm trying to say is, I'm feeling this right now. Shit doesn't even have master slides or mathematical formula editing, ffs.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Enterprise Office in the cloud is stupid since security settings for businesses tends to break a lot of stuff that complex documents use. I got a three for one punch for my application I wrote because Office went online, Microsoft depreciated using IE in macros, and then my company put information I'd pull from the browser session into god awful frames (in 2025!). I said screw it, use what still works, I'm not chasing this anymore.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Haha, it's even worse in academics because anything from students is protected. Unless they host on campus, it's a violation even if MS super duper promises not to leak information. It's also why we can't use ChatGPT, though fools still do.

    Edit: I mean for grading, asking a clanker is still fine but a terrible idea.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    who needs mathematical formula editing when you have the compose key?

    W = ∫ F · dx = ½ · F · Δx = ½ · E · ε · A · Δx = ½ · 10⁻³ · 1 mm³ · 200 GPa = 0.1 J

    can all be perfectly fine typed out on the keyboard with no latex, formula editor involved. just unicode stuff.

    (this comment is semi-sarcastic)

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    [–] 18 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I am not usually triggered by a picture or a meme, but this made me grind my teeth.

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    • [–] 14 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I actually like auto save. It’s a good feature.

    Just make manual save also save explicit checkpoints.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    I prefer restoration points, stored locally, since most of my work is less than an hour and doesn't need checkpoints. Sometimes something goes terribly wrong and I want to start over. But if it crashes? Yeah, restore me!

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    • [–] 12 points 2 months ago

    Omg, yes this captures the enshitification so well.

    What irks me the most is the dumbing down part. The whole paywall and pushing features I can kind of forgive but making things more and more dumb down is objectively bad for everyone.

    They slowly train the average user to be stupider regardless of whether they are making good money or if the user is a paying customer.

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    [–] 11 points 2 months ago

    I loooove that this whole "rearrange ur software how u like" thing is so widespread is software.

    like "oh yea I got these panels open cuz I use them. Those others, naw, I'm not an animator pffff"

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    [–] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Hamburger menus has to be up there with worst inventions ever, up there with nuclear weapons and leaded gasoline

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    • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Have we all unanimously agreed throughout all industries that ✨ stands for AI? If we did when was the meeting, and why wasn't I invited?
    Created with ✨

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I used to use it to sarcastically denote something that's actually bad, but make it seem cheerful, which I think is how many people used it. I hate that it now means AI.

    Friend: *complains about something they find a little annoying, which is actually super minor and they know it*

    Me: Have you considered ✨suicide✨?

    (this was a friendship where we both had a really dark sense of humor, don't suggest saying it to just anyone)

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Not to chime in on your friendship, but sometimes those perpetuating negativities build a lasting impression that it's the only lens to see the world in - when it shouldn't be, even if both people are accustomed to the dark and sarcastic humor..

    But yeah, I agree that's the usage I'm most familiar with too, like a magical tone that makes difficult things very simple, sarcastically. I know someone closely who also just used to use it unironically because 'it's pretty' and it had its own meaning. They also hate AI but I haven't asked their thoughts on this hijacking.

    I personally don't hate it with a passion, but seeing it pop up everywhere from AI made software repos, to now just the mainstream icon for the "jump into my world now AI" button now has been from annoying to just surprising.. It's like the new version of the Notification or Email/New Message icons that we have seen adopted everywhere, but for AI.

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    • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    i hate the mobile design in desktop apps. i'm on a computer, i can handle squares

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    [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    thanks, i hate it

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    [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    hbomberguy time!

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    [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    Related: John Oliver's new LWT segment on subscription services (on YouTube).

    TLDR: If you can't wend your way through the dark-pattern labyrinth it takes to unsubscribe, potentially change your address to California, since we have a click-to-cancel law.

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    [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Adobe must die

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Ironically the left hand photo looks like a Mac OS system 6 application, like MacPaint.

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    • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    You spelled slopware wrong

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    [–] -2 points 2 months ago

    trts🖼️

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