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===Clippy as a symbol of escalating overreach=== | ===Clippy as a symbol of escalating overreach=== | ||
Rossman uses Clippy to show how technology used to work purely for its intended purpose, in contrast to [[Dark pattern|dark patterns]] that are now widespread. | Rossman uses Clippy to show how technology used to work purely for its intended purpose, in contrast to [[Dark pattern|dark patterns]] that are now widespread. | ||
[https://youtu.be/2_Dtmpe9qaQ?t=68 Change your profile picture to clippy. I'm serious 1:08]<blockquote>Whether or not you like Clippy, [...] the one thing that you could | [https://youtu.be/2_Dtmpe9qaQ?t=68 Change your profile picture to clippy. I'm serious 1:08]<blockquote>Whether or not you like Clippy, [...] the one thing that you could say—unlike Facebook, who is trying to profit off of young girls that feel suicidal: Clippy simply wanted to help. | ||
He might have been annoying, but he just wanted to help. | He might have been annoying, but he just wanted to help. | ||
There were no ulterior motives. | There were no ulterior motives. | ||
If you told Clippy you were having a bad day, he wasn't going to use that information to try and figure out which advertiser to sell you to | |||
If you told Clippy you were having a bad day, he wasn't going to use that information to try and figure out which advertiser to sell you to, nor was he trying to steal your personal data to get you to purchase other Microsoft products. | |||
He had no ulterior motives, he was simply there to help. | He had no ulterior motives, he was simply there to help. | ||
[...] | [...] Clippy wouldn't even read the contents of your letter.</blockquote> | ||
Clippy wouldn't even read the contents of your letter.</blockquote> | |||
===Impact=== | ===Impact=== | ||