@anonybirdy My mother also used it, but was willing to adapt to the Windows version around 7 or so I think. She used it for years and years until one day my father turned Apple fanatic and eventually convinced her Apple was the only one true deity. It was a hot mess trying to get the Mac port to work if I recall (or was that some weird Word port? I forget what she even had.) Eventually she gave up typing.
@anonybirdy All official sources (schools, etc) around here were running Microsoft products -- aka Microsoft Word, but several of my family members were almost obsessive about WordPerfect back in the day. My aunt used WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS up until something like 2010. She even had old keyboards with extra function keys for it (went up to something like F20.)
@arstechnica@mastodon.social They could have tried to find better ways to work with people. For example, the old simple text ad system. But no, instead they decided to double down. The thing is, this is one war they won't win, one way or the other. Whether people just keep finding ways around it or even finally start moving to other services, this can't (and must not!) work for Google.
@Chrishallbeck@mastodon.social rofl, I always wondered about this, but actually have excellent vision, so couldn't verify.
@arstechnica@mastodon.social I would not count on Reddit holding out very long on actually protecting its users. Obviously this is just for show and if it comes down to it they'll hand over the information without fuss if the show becomes too inconvenient.
Nazo @mastodon.social I keep hoping to use the social networks for something else. I'd really love to talk about games, music, etc etc. But somehow it always turns political. Don't follow me if you don't want to see potentially either or completely at random.