We’re hot on the heels of Akademy 2023, which proved to be a fertile space for collaboration. As a result, in addition to the background work being done to stabilize Plasma 6, a bunch of new …
Why is turning off a defaulted checkbox such a big deal?
Why is turning a checking box on such a big deal? Everything making sounds is an annoyance and therefore should be opt-in, just like all other kinds of annoyances such as web cookies.
At least you can turn them off!
But the real questions is, can we change them?
Imagine this:
Annoyances should be off by default.
Edit: Funny how the sole argument for why annoying sounds should be on by default is downvoting. I rest my case.
Why is turning off a defaulted checkbox such a big deal? It’s KDE, surely you would be used to customising settings by now since they make it so easy.
Why is turning a checking box on such a big deal? Everything making sounds is an annoyance and therefore should be opt-in, just like all other kinds of annoyances such as web cookies.
Who decides what’s an annoyance and what’s not?
The people who are annoyed.