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This community usually discusses consumer rights, but nobody is discussing this initiative. Is it maybe cuz Lemmy's majority ain't American?

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[-] 18107@aussie.zone 29 points 3 days ago

Clippy never sold your data or demanded a subscription fee for something you already bought. Clippy just tried to help.

The clippy movement is not about clippy as a program, but as an idea that companies need to be held accountable, and that we will hold them accountable.
If a company tries to make a feature a paid subscription after you paid for the product, or releases and update that removes your privacy, we will be watching and we will hold them accountable.

Companies can lie to one person or hide changes from a few people, but they can't handle all of us. Samsung has already reversed their added subscription fee for a smart TV as a result of community action.

[-] viking@infosec.pub 4 points 3 days ago

Awesome, thanks a lot for the elaborate reply, much appreciated!

[-] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

It's about that, but it's also at this point just about showing and spreading the community. People will be more likely to actually take action if they know that there are more like them.

will most people with clippy as their pfp actually do anything beyond a few comments? nope. but there will be more people who do than if clippy wasn't used as a mascot

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