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LG’s changelog confirms its monitor app installs bloatware on Windows 11, exposing Microsoft’s long-standing problem (www.windowslatest.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 43 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Why tf do monitors need apps now? Buttons on the side. Basic settings menu. Gotten by fine for decades with that.

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It doesn’t. It’s just an adware

[–] Zeoic@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

malware*

Their software contains a wiretap

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Does it actually? I mean on Windows. Their TVs for sure do.

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