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[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At least you can turn them off!

[–] eth0p@iusearchlinux.fyi 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But the real questions is, can we change them?

Imagine this:

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago

Yes. Even in the current version of Plasma they can be changed easily.

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[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] doona@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Exec@pawb.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who decides what's an annoyance and what's not?

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The people who are annoyed.