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What's up with all the "clippy" stuff? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by abbadon420@sh.itjust.works to c/outoftheloop@lemmy.world

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On youtube I see tons of avatars and mentions of clippy, the oldscool windows help tool. Are they protesting something?

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[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 35 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Which is super ironic because it’s a corporate mascot that managed to become universally hated by everyone. Then again, those were simpler times, so modern companies would deserve much more than mere hatred.

[–] tarknassus@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You could actually turn Clippy off as well. Copilot doesn’t really go away, and you can’t trust Microshaft to re-enable via updates. Out of the two I’d much prefer the maligned Clippy.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Unfortunately Clippy would get randomly re-enabled, like all microsoft zombies, after an update. You never knew when it would come back to insult your intelligence.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

OMG it’s been going on for decades now. That’s not a bug at this point — that’s a feature.

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