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minus-squareslaorta@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agoThis has been a thing since before smartphones and the U2 stunt though. The PC manufacturers started doing it back in the early 2000s.
minus-squareki77erb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoDidn’t Windows put a Weezer video on there or am I remembering something wrong?
minus-squarelimelight79@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThere were some videos on some of the installation CDs…that’s all I remember. I don’t think they were automatically installed on your hard drive, but I could be wrong.
minus-squareki77erb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years agoYeah the video for Buddy Holly was on the Windows 95 install disc.
minus-squarelimelight79@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI seem to recall one from a woman, too… Ah, yes, I just looked it up - Edie Brickell’s Good Times.
minus-squareFightMilk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoYeah Android manufacturers been doing this since its inception. I remember having to remove the Blockbuster app from my Droid X lol
This has been a thing since before smartphones and the U2 stunt though. The PC manufacturers started doing it back in the early 2000s.
Didn’t Windows put a Weezer video on there or am I remembering something wrong?
There were some videos on some of the installation CDs…that’s all I remember. I don’t think they were automatically installed on your hard drive, but I could be wrong.
Yeah the video for Buddy Holly was on the Windows 95 install disc.
I seem to recall one from a woman, too… Ah, yes, I just looked it up - Edie Brickell’s Good Times.
Yeah Android manufacturers been doing this since its inception. I remember having to remove the Blockbuster app from my Droid X lol