[Autosave is for Wimps]

[Autosave is for Wimps]

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I need manual stimulation (although a user guide will do)

I need manual stimulation (although a user guide will do)

Why doesn’t software come with instructions any more?

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Alistair Dabbs
Jun 02, 2023
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Another day, another app, another incomprehensible user interface. If this was a proper piece of software running on a proper computer rather than a £1,000 phone, phablet or some other pharcical phucking phanboi phondleslab, it might be possible to call up a Help menu or leaf through a manual.

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