Clippy Campaign: Difference between revisions

On 9 October 2025, Rossmann uploaded his first silhouette video, an annunciatory reaction to recent decisions from the company Synology. The video, titled "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot_XQX7di2Y Synology reverses course on requiring branded drives: NOT ENOUGH!]", begins by dedicating the announcement to restoring consumer rights and the rights of ownership. The core of the video refers to the company formerly requiring users to use only Synology hard drives in their network-attached storage units, a policy enforced by DRM. Synology reversed their decision, but Rossmann points out that it is not enough to simply undo the action; the company has to indicate plainly to its customers that they will not engage in further anti-consumer practices in the future. The video ends with a call to action for members of the Clippy movement, declaring that the fight for consumer rights had moved into a new era, in which companies reverse the detrimental actions which had previously characterized their policies toward their own customers:

<blockquote>If your favorite influencer starts shilling Synology products again after this product update without telling you their full history, let them know Clippy is watching. [''Rossmann's silhouette holds up a large paperclip against the background.'']

On 10 October 2025, Rossmann uploaded a second silhouette video, an open letter to Satya Nadella, the current CEO of Microsoft, titled "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NVtg1tkgSQ Microsoft went too far]". He mentions that Windows 11, the newest version of the company's flagship product, has been redesigned to prohibit setup without logging into a Microsoft account online, even if the user never plans on using any online Microsoft services. It is thus no longer possible to use solely local methods (i.e., methods that do not require connecting to an Internet web server) to set up a computer with Windows 11 installed. He then points out the hypocrisy in their policy regarding the operating system's preceding version, Windows 10, and calls on Nadella to take action to correct the company's missteps:

<blockquote>[''Reading from AlternativeTo'']<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/windows-11-now-blocks-all-microsoft-account-bypasses-during-setup/ | title=Windows 11 removes all bypass methods for Microsoft account setup, removing local accounts | date=7 Oct 2025}}</ref> Microsoft says that removing local only methods prevents skipped configuration steps and ensures devices are properly set up and secure. [''Commentary''] But leaving hundreds of millions of Windows 10 devices without security updates isn't... tell me more!