• Deathsauce@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Take me back in time to the 2000s when the most scandalous spyware was a purple gorilla virtual assistant telling awful jokes with a TTS voice.

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      1 year ago

      Off topic, but I keep hearing your comments in Max Headroom’s voice. This one was especially suitable for that!

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      1 year ago

      I remember when it was something of a privacy scandal that RealPlayer would phone home to check for updates.

      Still, end of the day, if people aren’t willing to pay for services with money, directly, then they’re going to pay with their data.