Comment on Leaked images reveal Lenovo’s Steam Deck competitor with a hint of the Switch

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• 2tone@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Feels like a stretch. Elaborate?

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  • WagnasT@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Back in 2015 or so Lenovo was pre-installing superfish spyware on some systems. Whether this was an accident or intentional is up for interpretation. Whether 8 years is enough to earn back trust is up to you. Personally I re-image anything that’s mine because I don’t need the vendor’s bloat that just does the same things windows already does. I don’t really use windows much anyway these days for my personal machines but I’m probably not going to buy anything from Lenovo any time soon.

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    • 520@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It wasn't just preinstalling malware. It was also installing malware stored in the firmware into fresh Windows installs.

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      • WagnasT@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, i remember it being pretty bad and fighting with my boss at the time because they were all in with lenovo. Even after I showed them the articles about the malware they wanted us to push out lenovo’s bloat on all machines (like the stupid battery monitor) because they liked how it looked better. I got a new job shortly after.

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    • wmassingham@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not to mention the Lenovo Service Engine rootkit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo#Lenovo_Service_Engin…

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  • TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Windows bad hurr durr

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    • zecg@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This, but completely deadpan

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