This is an atrocious dark pattern and a huge overreach for an operating system, whose job it should be to stay out of my way and run what I tell it to.
But more than that, this strikes me as directly anti-competitive behavior. I would appreciate views on this by people having more educated opinions on this than myself.
In the US, you can file an antitrust complaint with the FTC here: https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/report-antitrust-violation
...and find your state regulator here: https://www.usa.gov/state-consumer
I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I think Apple for now, keep my usage of Apple services to a reasonable minimum, and keep an eye on what's going on in the Linux world.
Case in point: I just upgraded to the newish Xubuntu 23.04 the other day, and now my default sound output device changes (to the wrong one) every time I come out of sleep mode.
A small price to pay.
- I couldn't find a good enough e-mail client, so did what every Linux user I know do and used webmail. That means you lose speed and features.
- Dual screen support for different DPI is non-existent in most distros, and has to be hacked with xrandr scripts to work in other distros.
- Audio or Bluetooth not working
- Very messy to install software. The native "App Store" wouldn't work or connect, so had to resort to shell commands.
- Lack of suitable productivity software (which you mentioned).
As long as nobody wants to offer a complete Linux solution with hardware, operating system and productivity software, then it will continue to be like this. That's the problem with OSS, everybody wants to blame each other and nobody wants to take responsibility and deliver a complete experience to users.
Both of these companies should be slapped hard for doing this.
Users are basically in the middle of a conflict between MS and Google, with no options to get out of it (except stop using their products).
https://youtu.be/Ag1AKIl_2GM?t=57
Sadly, this kind of user-hostile behavior is increasingly common and a form of enshitification (see https://doctorow.medium.com/tiktoks-enshittification-bb3f5df...) of the operating system.
(no, it isn't a dark pattern if it isn't lying or tricking you into making a decision you would not make otherwise. this particular behavior isn't defensible behavior, and it isn't an example of a dark pattern, either.)
is this how languages evolve so fast? people using words and terms without understanding them in full view of people who don't know the term, who then learn the incorrect definition?
It's desktop spam. Like receiving an email trying to get you to click a link and install malware.
I'm cynical because I've been forced to be.
"copypasta" used to mean that a programs source code was copied from many places and hastily wired up so it all works without any cleanup or untangling of unnecessary bits of code, like casts from uint16 to uint32 so that one copied method could be used, then a cast back to uint16 so another copied method could be used, then a cast to uint32 again so that the ultimate result could be used.
could those types have been changed in the methods so that the casts weren't needed? you bet. but it is a hastily assembled Frankenstein's monster that lives and breathes but that gives you nightmares when you look at the source code again in 1 weeks time.
today, "copypasta" is often used to mean "I copied a single method from another project, used it, and now my program is legit copypasta, lol."
I'm just tired of people using words and technical terms without understanding them. I know that it's a reality of spoken languages, but I don't have to like it.
dark patterns lie to you, attempt to deceive you. anti-patterns are just annoying without lying.
you guys want to attack Microsoft so bad you've forgotten what terms mean.
Not doubting you, but as a W11 home user for a while- I haven't seen this myself.
> This is an atrocious dark pattern and a huge overreach for an operating system
It's not a dark pattern. It's definitely an annoying thing - how is this different from Apple reminding you to set-up Apple Pay?
Thats an absolute dark pattern too.
