For some inexplicable reason, probably related to egocentric human nature, software developers can’t seem to resist designing their programs as if they were default services: always on and ready. If you’re familiar with maintaining a PC and like tinkering with programs, you’ll know that you need to periodically disable or get rid of accumulating, seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time programs that automatically run processes. These automatically loading tools hog resources, clog up RAM and CPU and slow overall operating system startup.
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