Daily Archives: 2022-10-24

Lawsuit filed against rent-setting software RealPage

Source: Hacker News

Article note: Product whose sole feature is allowing rent-seekers to collude through a intermediary sued for enabling collusion. Medical billing and HR departments seen sweating. This is what "Data Driven laissez faire capitalism" actually means, technocrat fuckwits.
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I help seniors with technology issues. A regular came in with a Lenovo laptop

Source: Hacker News

Article note: That kind of intrusive crapware is the norm on smartphones - which are the dominant species of consumer computer - and has been trying to take root in general-purpose computers that still resemble personal computers since the 90s. I remember in the 2000s the standard advice of "Do a fresh install on any new computer, because trying to safely remove the crapware is more difficult." It's still shocking that we tolerate it as a soceity to such a degree.
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