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[Solved] Maybe I'm out of the loop, but why so many people have Clippy as a profile picture? Is this supposed to be a jab at Microsoft? (piefed.zip)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/ask@piefed.social

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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's a from of protest against the massive encroachment on consumer rights by many companies. Comparing what was previously thought to be an intrusive undesirable service (Clippy), to the current state of things where almost every service is intrusive in much worse ways than Clippy ever was.

It originates here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Dtmpe9qaQ

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 10 points 1 week ago

Thank you!