> I think we’re all used to user-hostile software these days [...]

Malware. Call it what it is. Software that intentionally subverts and acts against the user’s intent is malware. It’s important to call malware what it is because people don’t even realize they shouldn’t use it when it’s not called malware. Instead, they get "used to" using malware.

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baggy_trough 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Please do not call it malware, because it is not. It is just bad software UI.

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3form 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's _badly intentioned_ (and not just UI). Blackmailing you with losing labelling, which worked fine before all that is a clear proof. So "malware" is not really so far off the point.

	▲	j_maffe 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Not sure what you mean by blackmailing but it can't be the right word here.

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aprentic 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Why not?

It's a software feature designed to benefit Google at the expense of the user.

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xerox13ster 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

ok then.

Malformed Software. or, malware.