Yes / No / Maybe Later

[wheypat]

Am I alone in that when presented with what used to be a binary choice I am now frequently presented with an alternative

Would you like to import your contacts from other devices? Choices for answer are Yes & Maybe Later
Would you like to make Edge your default browser? Yes / Maybe Later
Add your mobile number to facebook? Yes / Perhaps Later

The answer to all of these id NO. That's NO, as in NEVER. Death's too good for them . . . .

[UncleEbenezer]

Death's too good for your contacts? I must get to know you!

Seriously though, I expect the reason for that is to try and help users who agonised over that question wondering whether a "no" might be final, and wanting confirmation that "later" was indeed an option.

[wheypat]

Death's too good for your contacts? I must get to know you!

I once left a job and in my leaving speech I came out with "I just want you all to know, that over the last 4 years I have come to think of you as . . . people I met . . . . .

Yes, I lifted the line from Red Dwarf. No, none of them had ever seen it.

[bungeejumper]

Yes, I've had all those things. Edge, Garmin, Skype, Internet Explorer and that bloody Cortana woman, all pestering me to show how much I love them by "updating my preferences". Having shouted at them uselessly that my preference was for them all to feck off, I discovered that I could shut some of them up by opening Task Manager and striking them off my start-up list.

Mind you, Skype had the last laugh on me. Having been unable to remind me that I hadn't made a Skype call in six months (because I'd switched it off), it snaffled my remaining credit balance and disappeared into the ether with it.

BJ