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[–] Naho_Zako@piefed.zip 7 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Not old enough to actually havd any experience with clippy (I think the earliest Windows UI I ever touched was XP, but that was made before i was born lol), but at least Clippy was local and didn't steal your data right? Even if he was useless he could be turned off and didn't stalk you.

[–] Matty_r@programming.dev 3 points 1 hour ago

Instead people installed BonziBuddy, which did all the stealing and stalking.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, Clippy existed at a time where your computer wasn't expected to be connected to the internet 24/7.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@piefed.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Which is the only reason why Clippy didn't steal your data. If it could have, it would have.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Nah. In the 1990s personal data wasn't valuable to Microsoft because they weren't selling advertising at the time.

Clippy was there only to sell more copies of office.