Change your profile to Clippy (call to action)
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Louis Rossman strikes again.
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Louis Rossman strikes again.
Wait... You all have profile pictures?
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Louis Rossman strikes again.
He also posts on Odysee. Here's the same video.
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He also posts on Odysee. Here's the same video.
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Louis Rossman strikes again.
8min video and I gave up after 2:30 of rambling. Anybody have a tl;dw?
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Louis Rossman strikes again.
Done. Had to figure out where to go to change my profile pic – didn’t take as long as the video, lol.
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8min video and I gave up after 2:30 of rambling. Anybody have a tl;dw?
Make your pfp clippy to show that you're not going to follow orders
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8min video and I gave up after 2:30 of rambling. Anybody have a tl;dw?
clippy is better than all the awful ai junk we have now, change your pfp to clippy to protest.
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Make your pfp clippy to show that you're not going to follow orders
How about you just don't follow orders? In my opinion, that should be much more effective.
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Louis Rossman strikes again.
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How about you just don't follow orders? In my opinion, that should be much more effective.
It's to see that there are other people doing the same. The whole point is to show that there are people out there with the same mindset. The point is not to celebrate clippy, it's just means to show the commitment.
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Louis Rossman strikes again.
Change my pfp? I changed my OS.
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Wait... You all have profile pictures?
Yeah, don't you?
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8min video and I gave up after 2:30 of rambling. Anybody have a tl;dw?
Man, I love Louis but your complaint about rambling is so valid. It only caters to the people who already agree with him and scares away people who would otherwise be convinced by the same points delivered in a better manner
Edit: since the other summaries aren’t really helpful imo, Louis is saying that Clippy is representative of a time when Microsoft software worked perfectly fine without an internet connection and served to simply help you get work done instead of use you as a revenue source
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Wait... You all have profile pictures?
Lemmy and Piefed support profile pictures. They show up in the web view. It's just that the mobile apps don't bother with them. (At least the good one doesn't. I'm talking about Voyager)
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Louis Rossman strikes again.
or winamp
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Funny, but branding aside coming together in a public way in support of more privacy and a right to repair is worth it. It is a great way to develop solidarity and create more conversation on the topic.
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Louis Rossman strikes again.
Or maybe swap to a different OS. I dont think MS is gonna care people are switching their profile pictures to clippy. This just feels like more slacktivism.
You have to hit them where it hurts. In the wallet.
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8min video and I gave up after 2:30 of rambling. Anybody have a tl;dw?
I really don’t like this guy. Something really doesn’t sit right. I agree with his (generally popular opinion) takes, but ugh. Something is off.
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Or maybe swap to a different OS. I dont think MS is gonna care people are switching their profile pictures to clippy. This just feels like more slacktivism.
You have to hit them where it hurts. In the wallet.
Activism like this isn't for people on Lemmy, who have already been exposed to the likes of decentralisation, open source Vs closed source etc.. its predominantly for those that still think brand name = quality.
I don't use social media these days, but i do have inactive accounts; I'm considering logging in and changing the pictures to clippy. It may have absolutely no effect, or it may be the 16th clippy PFP that someone sees, which may then prompt them to ask why everyone is changing their photo to clippy.
So whilst it won't change anything in a large way, it can act as the catalyst for those who are still unaware to try and educate themselves on the subject, and hopefully lead to them leaving Microsoft products altogether like you've alluded to.
For example; I'm already not using any Microsoft products, so continuing to not use their products is less impactful than by changing my mainstream photos to clippy, even if it has no effect.
We can try to tell people about the evils of microsoft until we're blue in the face... But if they "research" it themselves, it's far more likely to stick.
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