• scutiger@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

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

      • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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        9 days 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.