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What's up with all the "clippy" stuff? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by 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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[–] 40 points 1 year ago (8 children)

It's being used as a symbol against corporate greed

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year 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.

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  • [–] 68 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    The irony is part of it, from what I can tell.

    That Clippy, the universally hated useless feature, is still less shitty than what these companies are doing today.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year 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.

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