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[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 26 points 8 months ago (3 children)

It was considered best practice to never install anything

In what universe? You might as well never turn on your computer.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah this post makes a good point but sounds a little like the writer did not experience what they claim to. WeatherBug was buggy slow bullshit and everyone installed it anyway. it was only people who noticed details who saw how sluggish it made your PC. To this day I've never heard a single person talk about it getting your location being a problem, until now. That's a good point I guess but I just don't think it was on many people's radars.

[–] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I installed all kinds of stuff, but the metric was if it slowed down my PC or especially my games. That'd get me to uninstall, run antivirus and/or anti-malware, or even totally reinstall Windows real quick.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Exactly! We weren't yet used to companies spying on us and computers were on the slow side anyhow

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, I would install anything that just used 0 resources when it’s not running. But that’s not what malware does

[–] Huschke@programming.dev 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It really feels like the OP didn't have older people in their life with browsers with 3 or more toolbars that you had to service every other month. 😅

People clicked yes to everything. Just like they do now. Nothing has changed.

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

3? More like 33!

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Before clicking yes just meant ruining your sandbox which was your computer. You can’t just have a bad PC today, instead you get your data leaked and become a target for scams.

[–] Reucnalts@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago

In this universe. I didnt want to have 10 fucking different toolbars for my browser. You had to see the correct download button, so that you get your wanted download plus malware/viruses. If you got the wrong you got a lot of malware xD