@mjdxp @storm also the #Ribbon is #wasteful in terms of screen space, bricks existing #workflows (it's worse than #IntelliMenues) and doesn't even make it eadier for newcomers.
#MicrosoftOffice is just #bloatware and needs to be abolished.
MS Office too slow so Microsoft makes it load at Windows startup
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2651749/office-is-too-slow-so-microsoft-is-making-it-load-at-windows-startup.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43852162
Bonus: How Microsoft Teams Breaks You - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O0VbCvWlxk
Winhance 4 promete un Windows más limpio, rápido y personalizable 
https://blog.elhacker.net/2025/04/winhance-4-windows11-rapido-sin-bloatware-personalizar.html #bloatware #software #Windows
I’m only using one #Slack workspace these days, but this sucks…
“This is a notice that starting June 27th, 2025, messages and files older than one year will be deleted from your workspace if you remain on the free Slack plan. To retain access to content older than a year, your workspace needs to be on a Slack paid plan.”
…but also Slack sucks, so this isn’t surprising.
Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für Jedermann 
Teilen erbeten 
als PDF:
https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/fQoTfTZJu7LScr1Jus5csQn2/
#DSGVO #TDDDG ( #unplugtrump )
#Datenschutz #Privatsphäre #sicherheit #Verschlüsselung
#encryption #WEtell #SoloKey #NitroKey #Email #Cybersecurity #Pixelfed #Massenűberwachung #Leta
#Google #Metadaten #WhatsApp #Threema #Cryptpad #Signal
#Hateaid #Cyberstalking #Messenger #Browser #Youtube #NewPipe #Chatkontrolle #nichtszuverbergen #ÜberwachungsKapitalismus #Microsoft #Apple #Windows #Linux #Matrix #Mastodon #Friendica #Fediverse #Mastodir #Loops #2FA #Ransomware #Foss #VeraCrypt #HateAid #Coreboot #Volksverpetzer #Netzpolitik #Digitalisierung #FragdenStaat #Shiftphone #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #CCC #Mail #Mullvad #PGP #GnuPG #DNS #Gaming #linuxgaming #Lutris #Protondb #eOS #Enshittification
#Bloatware #TPM #Murena #LiberaPay #GnuTaler #Taler #PreppingforFuture
#FediLZ #BlueLZ #InstaLZ #ThreatModel
#FLOSS #UEFI #Medienkompetenz
Factors:
1. Accessibility. Not everyone has really fast (or stable) internet.
2. Environmental. There's no reason to use more computing power than necessary for the task at hand. It's wasteful. Very few people need the fancy features advanced text editors introduce.
3. Interoperability. Text files I write and send are readable *everywhere.* Try loading up Google Docs on a 1024x768 screen with a 256MB RAM Pentium 3. You'll be lucky if Google Docs even loads.
4. Privacy. A text file is easy to protect. GPG is the most straightforward. It remains small, and there's no way middle-men can read it. Google Docs? Google has root and they're not encrypted from them. So, good luck.
5. Account requirements. Text files require no accounts anywhere. All you need it an Internet connection and a DNS server that'll point your computer the right way. SaaS requires that you also have up-to-date software, a powerful computer, and that you register an account with them to access files shared with you.
6. Storage space. A text file takes kilobytes. A .docx file takes megabytes. My daily journal, which granted has some meta-data but is still plain text, is nearing on 580kb after three years of diligent, detailed journaling. I can't help but doubt that Word would even open a .docx file that large if formatted natively. (Thousands of headings, links, timestamps, etc.)
6. Feature-set. Plain text lets you do enough for 99% of all tasks. Yes, it's not as pretty, but within the bounds of putting characters into a file, you have complete freedom. Proprietary services, on the other hand, have a very very rich feature-set, most of which is irrelevant for 99% of users. The drawback of this is that every user is forced to load these rarely-used functions onto their own computer when the applications load up. That's wasteful, and likely cost the world hundreds of millions in unnecessary energy expenditure already.
TL;DR: Use plain text unless you absolutely positively can't help it. It's seriously better in every way.
#plaintext #emacs #txt #notepad #bloat #bloatware #saas #googledocs #msword #microsoftword #rant
RE: https://fed.bajsicki.com/notes/a6uy06mot0
Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für Jedermann 
Teilen erbeten
als PDF:
https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/iLDoTt03wkGUL3dA39ScX6hV/
#DSGVO #TDDDG ( #unplugtrump )
#Datenschutz #Privatsphäre #sicherheit #Verschlüsselung
#encryption #WEtell #SoloKey #NitroKey #Email #Cybersecurity #Pixelfed #Massenűberwachung
#Google #Metadaten #WhatsApp #Threema #Cryptpad #Signal
#Hateaid #Cyberstalking #Messenger #Browser #Youtube #NewPipe #Chatkontrolle #nichtszuverbergen #ÜberwachungsKapitalismus #Microsoft #Apple #Windows #Linux #Matrix #Mastodon #Friendica #Fediverse #Mastodir #Loops #2FA #Ransomware #Foss #VeraCrypt #HateAid #Coreboot #Volksverpetzer #Netzpolitik #Digitalisierung #FragdenStaat #Shiftphone #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #CCC #Mail #Mullvad #PGP #GnuPG #DNS #Gaming #linuxgaming #Lutris #Protondb #eOS #Enshittification
#Bloatware #TPM #Murena #LiberaPay #GnuTaler #Taler #PreppingforFuture
#FediLZ #BlueLZ #InstaLZ #ThreatModel
#FLOSS #UEFI #Medienkompetenz
Any recommendation for a #dashboard alike #website, which is not #homarr? #docker is fine, #bloatware is not. I need to redo my home.. Info (link) in my profile. Thank You 
Yay got a new phone.
1st order of business: uninstalling the #bloatware that can be uninstalled and disabling the bloatware that can't be uninstalled.
*sigh*
Both the phone manufacturer and the ISP are trying to install this junk. Blergh
Talking with the folks in the local #vintage / #retrocomputing community, they clued me in that the #ThinkPad #RAID is a steaming pile of 
and not worth the trouble.
Oh well. Thanks for cluing me in
So I swapped out the two testing #NVMe drives I was using and reinstalled the original sticks - to have #windoz10 demanding for the #bitlocker recovery key. 
Well, time to wipe & install #windoz11 then.
Install went fine, only 4 rando #drivers to find for all #devices to be recognized and working.
Using my #CTT scripts to install the majority of applications, then to remove the #spyware #bloatware and other garbage #micro$oft added to #windows11
Then migrate my #data from my other ThinkPad. Welcome to my #sunday #funday
#siliconValley #SillyValley #sanfrancisco #sanfran #sanfranciscocomputers #sanfrancomputers #sanfranciscovintagecomputers #sanfranvintagecomputers #sanfranciscovintagehardware #sanfranvin-tagehardware
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware #computerHistory #retro #VCF #vintageComputerFestival
#retrocomputing #retroComputers #WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #computerHardware #laptop #laptops
#IBM #thinkpad #thinkpads #VintageThinkPad #X86 #WindowsVista #IBMhardware #lenovoHard-ware #Thinkpadnium
#upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #ThinkPadRepair #WasteNotWantNot #Thinkpadnium
#makeShitMonday #showmewhatyougot
@P1Madsen @avatter probier' mal @ubuntu / #UbuntuLTS und dann willste nie mehr #Windows10 oder gar #Windows11 samt #Bloatware & #Enshittification nutzen!
@ajsadauskas @JessTheUnstill @tomiahonen @fuchsiii obviously, that would've been a good standard for everyone, given that almost all non-#Gaming #Apps these days are #WebApps and at that point we'd not have 100+ MB #bloatware that essentially just loads a #Website and can't even cache shit!
Personally I believe the @europarl_en & @EUCommission could do that and establish as well as enforce an #EC #norm, just as they did with #USBc, #CCS2 and #GDPR!
#Android needs to be better as in being more than just the "lesser evil" compared to iOS!
Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für die Allgemeinheit 
Teilen erbeten
als PDF:
https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/NdmBgSYkRCto8B+JmJkE9mQ4/
#DSGVO #TDDDG ( #unplugtrump )
#Datenschutz #Privatsphäre #sicherheit #Verschlüsselung
#encryption #WEtell #SoloKey #NitroKey #Email #Cybersecurity #Pixelfed #Massenűberwachung
#Google #Metadaten #WhatsApp #Threema #Cryptpad #Signal
#Hateaid #Cyberstalking #Messenger #Browser #Youtube #NewPipe #Chatkontrolle #nichtszuverbergen #ÜberwachungsKapitalismus #Microsoft #Apple #Windows #Linux #Matrix #Mastodon #Friendica #Fediverse #Mastodir #Loops #2FA #Ransomware #Foss #VeraCrypt #HateAid #Coreboot #Volksverpetzer #Netzpolitik #Digitalisierung #FragdenStaat #Shiftphone #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #CCC #Mail #Mullvad #PGP #GnuPG #DNS #Gaming #linuxgaming #Lutris #Protondb #eOS #Enshittification
#Bloatware #TPM #Murena #LiberaPay #GnuTaler #Taler #PreppingforFuture
#FediLZ #BlueLZ #InstaLZ #ThreatModel
#FLOSS #UEFI #Medienkompetenz
I've launched a new website to make it easy for #Android users to discover, share, understand, and investigate pre-installed applications (AKA #bloatware).
SteamOS: il sistema operativo Valve per PC è in arrivo
#Bloatware #GameNews #Gamer #Gaming #Indiscrezioni #Leak #Linux #Notizie #Novità #PC #PCGaming #Prestazioni #SistemaOperativo #Steam #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Tecnologia #Valve #Videogiochi #Windows10 #Windows11
https://www.ceotech.it/steamos-il-sistema-operativo-valve-per-pc-e-in-arrivo/
@roman78 @scottwilson still...
@NicolasStrobl @Techaltar that's the cool part:
Because #Microsoft constantly shoves #bloatware, #adware and other garbage onto #Windows10 & #Windows11 machines!
My #Hisense TV has updated and now I don't have the browser app on the list nor can I add it, unless I create a shortcut for an specific URL, which cannot be 'about:blank'
I hate the way companies use technology.
I'm fed up with stupid #smartTVs thinking they know better.
Bitch, I grew up in the times BEFORE Winamp, believe me when I say you DO NOT know better.
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