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Originally posted by V@no
The result is the same weather you click on the link or drag'n drop it to the browser...
yes, but people are a lot less inclined to copy, open browser and paste the link, than clicking on it directly. Those few extra seconds more work may be enough for people to realise there is maybe something fishy going on.
Even "tech savy" people often have that automatic reflex to click on links without thinking.
(as a matter of fact, I just dealed with somebody asking for help, who is more or less "tech savy", who clicked on a link in an automatic reflex (not in Messenger though) and started a virus. He even knew it was a virus. Having a non-active link would have prevented something like that)
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Originally posted by V@no
What they actually do is insulting tech savy people by leveling them to the "average" users without giving them a choice.
Yes it might be a bit annoying for those few links you'll receive in an average conversation, but I can safely say I'm "tech savy" and I don't feel insulted at all, not even in the slightest way.
It is a much quicker way and the 'protection' will be instant for a lot more people, than if they would have waited to create, test, and distribute a new version of Messenger and wait for everybody to update.
I can assure you that they do not take such measures lightly. But in the end, this was the only possible 'protection' for people using the old WLM version.
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