I see that #Microsoft #Windows 11 now sorts apps into categories like “productivity" and “creativity” by default.
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I see that #Microsoft #Windows 11 now sorts apps into categories like “productivity" and “creativity” by default.
How, though? By looking up a numeric category identifier in a 15MB JSON file that comes with Windows. Apps are not allowed to specify their own categories, nor can new categories be defined other than by Microsoft.
Good grief, what absolute nonsense.
#XDG / #FreeDesktop / #GNOME / #KDE had a vastly better solution to this exact problem 20 years ago.
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I see that #Microsoft #Windows 11 now sorts apps into categories like “productivity" and “creativity” by default.
How, though? By looking up a numeric category identifier in a 15MB JSON file that comes with Windows. Apps are not allowed to specify their own categories, nor can new categories be defined other than by Microsoft.
Good grief, what absolute nonsense.
#XDG / #FreeDesktop / #GNOME / #KDE had a vastly better solution to this exact problem 20 years ago.
@argv_minus_one surely the market-dominant proprietary OS deciding of its own accord to analyze and organize programs into certain categories with no input from the user can't and won't be used for nefarious purposes. after all, is there any company more historically trustworthy than microsoft? -
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